The Snowflake Rebellion

The ultimate Alaska tea party - a satirical thriller about political rebellion gone wild. A young couple moves to Alaska from the East. Deeply in love, Colin and Sheila Callihan take opposing paths, he an oil company geologist, she an environmental activist. He discovers a vast oil reservoir on the North Slope; she becomes his most vocal critic.

Governor Jimmy Pender asks Colin to join the Alaskan Independence Party and bring it under control. The party s increasingly militant members are creating a political firestorm. The state rebels against decisions made in Washington and economic control by outsiders. Colin leads the rebels insurrection.

After 50 years as a state, might Alaska go its own way? Author Tom Brennan explores the possibility in his unique novel The Snowflake Rebellion. In this satire laced look at what might have been and what lies ahead Brennan writes the history of Alaska as it would look if a few events had played out differently.