When a terrorist infiltration overtakes the Yukon Arctic Ultra--the most challenging human-powered race in the world--Auxiliary RCMP Markus Fanger leads a manhunt for North America's most imminent threat. With the help of Donjek Stoneman, a young offender attempting to clean up his life by serving as a race official, Fanger traces the menace to Arctic civilization through the frozen northland of Dawson City, Yukon to Fort Greely, Alaska, where a desperate man seeks vengeance against the United States government. From Ice to Ashes is a fast-paced thriller that transports the mystery genre into an area seldom explored in North American literature.

Jessica Simon has called the Yukon home for over twenty years. Currently a literary arts columnist for What’s Up Yukon, Simon has contributed articles to San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Outdoor Edge, Yukon News, and Yukon, North of Ordinary. Before devoting her life to the written word, she worked as a typesetter, first-aid instructor, and guide for a wilderness tourism company for German-speaking visitors to the Yukon, which she co-founded with her husband. She lives near Whitehorse.

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"From Ice to Ashes is a welcome addition to Arctic fiction; the terrain and weather are as treacherous as the multi-faceted antagonist. Simon is a promising new author and I look forward to her next book."--Jan Harper Haines, author of Cold River Spirits"Jessica Simon catapults her characters on a trailblazing trip over The Top of the World, from Canada's Yukon into Alaska. A real page-turner!"--Shirlee Smith Matheson, author of the Flying the Frontiers series"Packed with thrills. Markus Fanger makes a perfect modern hero as he and a young offender head off a terrorist threat designed to shoot ice down your spine." --Lou Allin, author of the Belle Palmer Mysteries