In this mindbending crime novel by Shamus Awardwinner John Straley one man attempts to save his town from nuclear annihilation. Its been seven years since Gloomy Knob landed in the Ted Stevens HighSecurity Federal Penitentiary and five years since the end of the war the one North Korea started when they sent a missile to Cold Storage Alaska. Serving a life sentence for the murder of his sister Gloomy spends histime trying to forget the past. Then one day Gloomy is snatched from his offsite w