the 23rd Kate Shugak novelpublished April 11, 2023order your signed hardcover hereKindle USKindle UK Ta dah!–allow me introduce you to the three winners of “The History of Kate Shugak in 22 Objects” contest! Top left is Liene from Greenville, South Carolina (those are her son’s feet in the Mutt socks).Top right Laura from Roanoke, Virginia send…
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For the Object for the 22rd Kate Shugak novel, the winners are (drum roll, please)… Third Place goes to Marla for the thumb drive. I hadn’t even thought of the thumb drive, but of course she’s right, and who couldn’t love that last line? Second place goes to Laura Spafford, for the plane. I love…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. There were some eloquent pleas for the glacier and the photo album in the comments, but the cabin has it. It was the cabin her father built to prove up on his homestead, it was where Stephan brought Zoya as his wife, it was where Kate was born, it was where…
Warning: Spoilers spoken here. Of course you’re all right. It’s the lock box. Commemorated in this scene, which begins It was entirely involuntary, a knee-jerk reaction. She didn’t stop to think about it, she just picked up the little tin lock box and let fly. It’s arc was swift and her aim was true. …
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. I liked Ginger’s comment about the Dawson Darling and the other comments about the Good-time Girls, but I’m going with Megan. It’s the transcript. And you’re going to love this: There is a real one, or at least a transcript of the inquest into the death of a real-life good time…
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. It’s the Herc. Has to be. In service since the 1950s, designed originally for troop transport in war zones, it is also one of the sturdiest and most reliable workhorses for transport of freight and heavy equipment into Bush Alaska, home to more rough gravel airstrips than just about anywhere else.…
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. This time it was almost unanimous. It’s Kate’s braid. Marty hit the nail head on in her comment. Kate seldom does anything for only one reason. That braid was just too convenient a handle by which to be dragged around, and Kate gives no edge to the bad guys. Even more…
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. I so wanted it to be the halibut heart because of Megan’s wonderful comment, but the fish wheel came on strong in the end and wiped out the competition. I found lots of video showing fish wheels in action on YouTube. Fish wheels are common on Alaskan rivers. The fish caught…
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. 7 – Golden crowned sparrow Although you people are killing me here, being all over the map as you are (the 747 engine! the bear! the pickup! the Cat! snow machines!) the most votes are for the sparrow. We call it the “spring is here” bird, because it is when you…
WARNING: Spoilers spoken here. 6 – The moose This was a tough one, for me as well as the fans, vide Megan’s thoughtful comment here. (I also loved Jodie’s comment here.) But in the end, the votes have it and I agree, it’s the moose. Moose is food, and without food there is no survival.…
