In the wee hours of the morning after Christmas, a stranger walks into a bar in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States. Welcomed at first by the proprietor on a quiet night, the stranger turns out to be an ethnic type held in great prejudice by the bar's owner, who tries to throw the stranger out. Some unexpected dark truths must come to light before peace is possible.
—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>