Kushtaka: The Legend of the Bay of Death - Paperback

by Jay Border (Author)

Deep in the Southeast Alaskan Rainforest lies a vast vein of raw gold that is unclaimed for a reason, it lies on Cursed Ground. The Bay of Death earned its name when a huge landslide wiped out a village of five hundred Alaskan Natives back before Russian contact. It was no ordinary village and the landslide no accident. The Kusaxa Kwaan were the cannibals of the realm and the landslide was caused by the other tribes of the area and they thought they had wiped their problems off the face of the Earth. Now the spirits of the Kusaxa Kwaan have adhered with the Kushtaka, the Land Otter Man, the changelings of Tlingit Mythology and they guard the treasure from any outsiders that seek it. No one visits the Bay of Death anymore so the vein sleeps and waits for a dreamer to come its way. Enter Jace Morgan, Alaska's most famous cartoonist. He has been obsessed with Thomas Bay since he was a child growing up on his Foster Parents fishing boat and his obsession leads him to the Bay alone, where he finds a Gold Nugget that is crudely fashioned into a tiny idol. Soon the voices in his head begin to drive him mad and the nightmares drive him back to face the ancient evil he has re-awakened in The Bay of Death. As it waits for him, with sharp, pointed teeth.

Author Biography

Jay Border was born in Anchorage Alaska and grew up commercial fishing in Southeast Alaska hearing and telling stories about all manner of subjects including, the Kushtaka. He attempted to write this book many years ago but soon realized that he did not yet understand what a kushtaka is. So he moved back to Southeast to try and figure it out, now twenty years later, this is the final product.