The Pocket Hunter: A Novel of the Alaskan Wild (Paperback)

THE POCKET HUNTER In the heart of the Alaskan winter some things are better left frozen. The city is a grocery store. The wilderness is a tomb. Elias Thorne is a man of extreme discipline. A master of Information Systems by day a ghost of the Alaskan interior by night. Living hundreds of miles from the nearest road he has mastered the art of the harvest. He doesn t hunt for meat and he doesn t hunt for sport. He hunts for warmth. When Elias ventures into the neon-soaked streets of Anchorage he isn t looking for a soulmate. He s looking for a trophy-one he can stitch cure and carry in the fur-lined pockets of his parka to keep the crushing loneliness of the Arctic night at bay. A pattern hidden in the stars. State Trooper Jim Miller knows the Parks Highway better than anyone but the silver hatchback abandoned in a frozen pull-out is different. There s no body. No struggle. Just a shattered window and a lingering scent of sandalwood oil. As Miller traces a trail of Ghost Dots across the permafrost he uncovers a terrifying global network of predators who map their kills to the constellations. Elias Thorne isn t just a lone wolf; he is the architect of a digital archive connecting the world s most depraved minds. The breakup season is coming. As the ice cracks and the mud claims the trails the hunter becomes the hunted. But in a land where the sun doesn t rise for months who has the advantage? The man with the badge or the man with the heavy pockets?Why readers are losing sleep over The Pocket Hunter: Visceral Alaskan Atmosphere: Feel the bite of the -40° wind and the silence of the tundra. A New Breed of Villain: Elias Thorne is a terrifyingly methodical predator-Hannibal Lecter meets The Revenant. Techno-Thriller Twist: A dark-web conspiracy that connects killers across the 60th parallel. A chilling masterclass in Northern Noir. You ll never look at a winter coat the same way again.