Gandy Dancer

Seventeen-year-old Josh Spark is hauling ties, tamping spikes, and swinging a sledgehammer through the rugged wilderness of Alaska during World War II. Working on the Alaska Northern Railway is brutal, exhausting-and utterly necessary-but Josh is learning fast how to survive, endure, and grow into a man strong enough for the harsh Kenai Peninsula.

Yet danger isn't just in the work. A merciless serial killer known only as "The Wolf" is stalking women along the railroad, moving unseen through ...