Despite assurances to the contrary by distant diplomats, the new Dené Republik finds themselves with a war on their hands. The Tlingit Nation shares their struggle, and the USA and the Republic of California vow all the aid they can muster.
Stoney Compton, a Vietnam Era veteran of the US Navy, lives with his ballerina wife, Colette, in the Four Corners area of New Mexico. Having lived 31 years in Alaska, it figures prominently in much of his fiction. Stoney and Colette share their home with two dogs and six cats.
