Having lived in Alaska, I look forward to finding new books set there. There's so much going on in this book, I wasn't sure if was focusing on environmental issues, struggles of having and being a deaf child, the challenges of Alaska. Too many threads for me. It's unusual for me to be so harsh, but I wondered if it might have been improved with editing. ( )

A very good description of the conditions that winter brings to Alaska. The vegitation is covered with snow and ice.The animals survive or die by evolution and adjusting.
Its a story of nature, love, a deaf girl, fracking and greed. The courage and determination ( that her husband is still alive) of a wife who can still try to find her husband when he has been partly unfaithful to her
Saying It's far fetched is an understatment that somebody with no experience could drive a hugh truck thru frozen tundra with a daughter, against seasoned truckies and police advice. She went against the polices body count and then to amazingly found her husband in large white desolite landscape defies logic. BS.

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I kept wanting this book to hurry up. But you did need all of the details to get the full impact of the winter. Does anyone else have a question about the ending? ( )

“Gripping”
“This one will have you reading way past your bedtime.”
I made these blurbs up -but for this book, they’re true.
Who would have thought I’d be a captive audience for a thriller involving truckies in the Arctic? Of course, this book is so much more than that but I hate plot spoilers. Suffice to say, I learnt interesting things about sign language, Inupiat people, astrophysics, fracking, Arctic geography, the niche skill of driving trucks in frozen lands and how to best survive a blizzard. A perfect title, too. Recommended. ( )

Ruby lands in Alaska, excited to see her father. That's why her mother, Yasmin, said they were traveling. He should be waiting to pick them up at the airport. But when they get off the plane and a police officer greets them, they know something's wrong. Ruby, who is deaf, must rely on reading lips and the little bits her mother will tell her. She learns there was an accident and her father may be dead. Yasmin and Ruby refuse to believe it, and set out to search for him when the police have all but given up. But winter in Alaska is dangerous. There's a storm rolling in. And there's a small chance someone may be following them. But neither will rest until they know the truth. Whatever that truth may be...

This one pulled me in a bit more than I expected. The writing style, which includes many flashbacks, took a couple of chapters to grow on me. But once I was into it, it seemed to take on a life of its own. The suspenseful adventure for this mother and daughter makes a compelling story. Some of the twists will surprise you. Recommended for readers who enjoy stories that take the reader on the characters' journey.

[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.] ( )