Alistair MacLean · 1980 · thriller

Alistair MacLean's 1980 thriller. Someone is threatening to sabotage the two greatest oil fields of the far north - the frozen wells of Prudhoe Bay and the Athabasca tar sands of Canada - and only the fat, brilliant troubleshooter Jim Brady stands in the way. From the Alaskan pipeline to the Albertan wilderness, Brady races to unmask the saboteurs before they can strike.

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   Prudhoe Bay

   At Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline begins, a threat of sabotage against the oil fields brings in the troubleshooter Jim Brady to hunt the blackmailers.

2. 2
   Fairbanks

   Brady works south to Fairbanks, where the pipeline crosses the Alaskan interior - every pumping station and river crossing a target - piecing together a conspiracy that reaches far beyond mere extortion.

3. 3
   Valdez

   At Valdez, the ice-free terminal where the pipeline meets the sea and the tankers load, the saboteurs' design becomes clear: to strike where the damage would be greatest and the oil would stop flowing.

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   Fort McMurray

   The trail leads on to Fort McMurray and the vast Athabasca tar sands of northern Alberta, the other great prize of the north, where Brady must outwit the saboteurs before catastrophe is unleashed.