After 14 years living in Alaska, the author presents us with a cache of 15 intriguing stories from the solitude of America's northernmost state. The fictional characters that people this book each experience a very personal form of solitude and re-evaluate their situations and the challenge of isolation, both physical and emotional. Suspense, human interest, humor, adventure, romance, a touch of the mystical, and above all, the ability of the human spirit to survive and thrive is explored as they confront the solitude of their own psyches - heart, mind, and soul - and reach "beyond" the...