Cold Claim

Cold Claim

In the Yukon, the cold doesnt lie. People do.

Geologist Leah Sandberg is found frozen at the wheel of her truck on the Dempster Highway: seatbelt buckled, hands folded, key turned off. The coroner calls it an accident. The young RCMP corporal who worked the scene doesnt believe it, and somebody makes sure her report never reaches the coroners desk.

Leah had just found a deposit of the rare metals modern armies need to see in the dark. Now six hundred mining claims have been staked across her valley in the dead of winter, and the whole territory buzzes with talk of a mysterious foreign buyer.

Ottawa sends Daniel Lacroix.

Officially, Daniel and his partner, Terry Power, maintain survey markers for a forgettable federal office. In reality, the Boundary Maintenance Section handles the problems no one else can touch. Daniel is a former special forces sniper with a gift for reading people, and he is still haunted by the one shot he cant take back.

In Dawson City, he finds the perfect story. Too perfect. Every clue points exactly where someone wants it to, and the money runs through a maze of shell companies to boardrooms far beyond Canadas borders.

Forty below. No backup. One shot.

To reach the truth, Daniel will have to cross a frozen river, win over people with every reason to distrust him, and climb into the mountains in the winters deadliest cold.

For readers of Tom Clancy, Frederick Forsyth, Clive Cussler and Larry Bond who always wanted the hero to be Canadian.