The eruption of Mount Pelee' is just one of the mighty forces in this book.

NO WAY OUT--so says the note in the pocket of the murdered mayor. The volcano beneath her town is seething, and the town's fate now rests in the hands of an emergency planner with a twisted agenda. The mayor's death is personal for investigators Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws. This is their hometown. They are desperate to save their families and friends. Their field is forensic geology, and they know how to track mineral clues to find out where the mayor went—and what she found. As the volcano moves toward red alert, Cassie and Walter race to prevent 'no way out' from becoming a prophecy. • All books in the series are standalone novels and can be enjoyed in any order. •

This is a publication for volcano preparedness in the Glacier Peak region.

In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. With illustrations and the author’s recipes.