Slade's Glacier
A Novel
Robert F. Jones
- Slade’s
- Glacier
- is
- a
- tale
- of
- discovery
- and
- destruction,
- betrayal
- and
- revenge,
- set
- in
- the
- rugged
-
- Great
- Land”
- of
- Alaska.
- Jack
- Slade
- and
- Sam
- Healey,
- flying
- partners
- during
- World
- War
- II,
- establish
- a
- bush
- pilot
- business
- in
- Alaska
- after
- the
- war.
- When
- their
- C-47
- Dakota
- is
- forced
- down
- on
- a
- glacier
- by
- a
- wolverine
- in
- the
- cargo
- deck
- that
- breaks
- out
- of
- its
- cage,
- they
- discover
- a
- valley
- that
- offers
- the
- realization
- each
- man's
- dreams.
- To
- Jack
- Slade,
- it’s
- the
- ideal
- place
- to
- homestead,
- raise
- a
- family,
- and
- live
- simply
- as
- a
- professional
- hunting
- and
- fishing
- guide;
- to
- Healey,
- the
- pool
- of
- crude
- oil
- he
- locates
- under
- the
- glacial
- ice
- promises
- the
- wealth
- he
- always
- wanted.In
- scenes
- that
- range
- from
- Alaska’s
- coastal
- fishing
- ports
- to
- the
- high,
- fierce
- wastelands
- of
- the
- interior,
- we
- watch
- each
- man
- lay
- the
- plans
- for
- their
- individual
- goals-and
- ultimately
- come
- into
- fatal
- conflict.
- Along
- the
- way,
- they
- meet
- a
- wide,
- colorful
- variety
- of
- Alaskan
- types,
- including
- Charlie
- Blue,
- a
- Tlingit
- Indian,
- shaman,
- and
- seer;
- Norman
- Ormandy,
- the
- tough
- saloonkeeper
- of
- Gurry
- Bay;
- and
- Malec
- Mummad-Afi,
- a
- wealthy
- exiled
- Iranian
- oil
- king
- and
- sheep
- hunter.Skyhorse
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