"Passion and peril are intertwined in this true tale of a bright young woman, driven to make the natural world a better place, while hindered not by physical challenges, but by human adversaries and predators. In Alaska she learns that her life and her work hang precariously in the balance of others. She experiences with great dismay the ways in which greed and ambition so easily place humanity and the environment in jeopardy. Early in their life together, her husband is tragically killed, leaving her with nothing to lose, propelling her on a tumultuous journey into the darkness of humanity, lies, fraud, and deceit that underlie the sad travesties of overhunting animals, trampling native communities, and desecrating the environment."--