“The author skillfully collects all the sights, sounds, smells, and instincts of a remote life on the Alaskan frontier and serves it to the reader on a silver platter.” —Library Journal on Due North

“An intense, thought-provoking novel in which believable characters examine the course of their lives in the face of tragedy and incredible danger.” —Booklist on Sacrifice

“In this beautiful, compulsively readable novel, Mitchell Smith has crafted one of the finer post-apocalyptic tales of recent years. [The book has a] Robert-E.-Howard-meets-Jack-London vibe, with its depiction of incredible demands on physical and mental prowess.” —Paul Di Filippo on SCIFI.COM