The Boy in the Snow by MJ McGrath
William Leith15 March 2013
Alaska. It’s cold. Edie Kiglatuk, an Arctic guide from Northern Canada, comes across something horrifying. It’s the body of a baby boy that’s been placed in a tiny wooden house and wrapped in fine fabric. Edie is an expert when it comes to cold climates, snow, ice, and the way things freeze. She notices something odd about the body — beside the fact it’s there in the first place, and the ritualistic packaging. Something weird is going on. Now she’s going to get mixed up in it when all she really wanted to do was support her ex-husband, who is taking part in a cross-country dog-sled race. This is Alaska, seen through the eyes of someone from further north. Neat.
