Kim Kinrade

The Polar Track (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of America's dreams is to build a fast link between Alaska and the "Lower 48." With the advent of "magnetic levitation" technology the project finally becomes a reality, allowing the train to travel the 5000 kilometers from Fairbanks to Seattle at speeds of over 500 kph. Linked with this rail is a pipeline for a commodity that America, especially those states in the southwest, will need in critical amounts: water. Ice melt from three large glaciers is to be shipped in large pipes suspended under the viaduct along with pipes carrying oil and natural gas from the Arctic tundra.

In Georgia Strait, between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland, a music teacher's family is killed in a collision with a fast-ferry owned by the same company that is building a Mag-Lev rail from Alaska to the lower 49. Haunted by his inability to save his family members, Greg Majewski finds an unlikely ally in a former Canadian Army sniper, Bill Whittle, who has been decorated for his prowess against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Persecuted by the large Mag-Lev company during their search for answers the duo threatens to turn the new line into a 5000 kilometer inferno., igniting an international manhunt spearheaded by special forces teams from two countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kim Kinrade
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780978427344
• Artikelnr.: 69878334

Autorenporträt

Bestselling author Kim Kinrade was born and raised in Kimberley, British Columbia, on the B.C. side of the Canadian Rockies. He put himself through the University of British Columbia - where he received a degrees in Political Science - by playing guitar and singing in lounges. During this time he recorded his first single and an album.

After graduation Kim went into music professionally, touring Canada with a showband band. During the 1980's Kim became one of the busiest pub performers in western Canada and also did a stint in Australia. Besides getting married and becoming a partner in a British pub he recorded two more singles and produced a video that aired on the Jerry Lewis Telethon.

Moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia in the early 1990's Kim continued to perform professionally at night while looking after a young daughter and infant son during the day. It was during this time that he rekindled a past-time that had been put on hold while studying at U.B.C. writing short stories. An Honourable Mention award in the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia-sponsored writing contest spurred him on to write another short story focusing on his grandfather's exploits in World War I. This was expanded into his first manuscript, "The Salient."

As well as having a long stint at one of Nova Scotia's premier resorts Kim has played in Europe, Great Britain and the United States making new fans with his unique brand of entertainment.

On the writing side Kim has penned 8 novels of which 6 have been published. He is a member of the Writing Council of Nova Scotia and has been a judge in national writing competitions.