Inside Alaska

Novels about life, commercial fishing, and Mother Nature, set in Alaska.

  • The Seiner Series follows commercial fishermen as they fight the elements, equipment, and greed trying to make a living commercial fishing in Alaska.
  • The Sound Series are slice-of-life stories of women living in Alaska, finding themselves and getting to know the people who call Alaska home.

Rocky Bay

The Seiner Series, Book One

Alaskan waters had never thrown Mack a wave like the one that hit his seiner just outside of Valdez. Surviving the rogue wave was nothing compared to what his back-stabbing crewman was plotting. Fighting for his boat, his life and his commercial fishing livelihood made this season his most challenging in over twenty years of running his own boat, catching wild salmon, and being the master of his fate.

Hoping for one of those big paychecks she’d heard about, and a season of adventure, Ginny sought a job with Mack as deckhand. She never expected to fear for her life or have her hard work taken from her by a fish-farming strategy gone wrong.

Politics, greed and man’s interference threaten the goals of both when their fishing season is cut short but Mother Nature proves to everyone that no one controls the fish, or the fates of fishermen, except her.

The Sound of Change

Sheila could not believe her string of bad luck. Starting with her fake boyfriend backing out of her long awaited kayaking trip in Prince William Sound and ending with the kayaking company trying to cancel her trip! Why is everything so suddenly stacked against her hopes for a relaxing, peaceful trip? Grasping her last chance to go paddling as planned, she agrees to join a noisy, disagreeable group of novice kayakers, hoping nothing else goes wrong, but Mother Nature hadn’t weighed in yet. 

Exhausted, numb with fear, and dumb from shock, Sheila gives no thought to bears, moose, or men as she struggles through the woods, blocking all memories of the other kayakers and whatever dumped her into the frigid ocean waters. Her world has shrunk to the ten steps ahead of her as she bushwhacks through mountains in search of civilization. Her greatest fears are breaking a leg and succumbing to hypothermia.

Returning at last to Anchorage, Sheila realizes that the life she’s so recently created for herself is as empty as the old one she left behind. Setting off on a mission to find the homestead life that warms her soul, she discovers love and friendships—the kind that last a lifetime.

Available on Amazon in print and ebook.

Also available on Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sound-of-change-mm-travis/1143405559?ean=2940160864556

Private: Destination Alaska – Destination Series, Book One

Unable to back out of her impulsive promise to her sister Audra, to drive her oversized RV to Alaska, Brenda reluctantly accepts the company of her annoying sister Kaye, hoping for help and companionship on the long drive.

Torn between driving alone or putting up with Kaye’s unending criticism, Brenda is handed a unexpected opportunity. Should she take it? Is it safe? How is it possible that this stranger is right where Brenda needs her to be, exactly when she’s needed most?

When the same stranger reappears just as her ocean kayaking plans are about to fall apart, Brenda is sure the trip will be smooth as glass. But the odd assortment of kayakers must struggle to save themselves and Audra must deal with the worst possible tragedy as they find their way back to lives that will never be the same.