North by Midnight. Max Sterling Adventures, #14

Max Sterling never expected to meet Jack London in a San Francisco bar-let alone be shanghaied alongside him. When Max and London are dragged aboard the Narwhal, a brutal schooner bound for Alaska, they're thrown into a frozen nightmare of forced labor, violence, and a ruthless captain who rules by fear. With no way home and no allies they can trust, escape means gambling everything against the sea itself.
Back on shore, Chloe and Nick refuse to accept that Max is gone. Racing north through storms, ice, and the lawless frontier, they follow the Narwhal's trail to Nome-where time, weather, and the wilderness are all working against them. Every mile brings them closer to the edge of the world, and to the knowledge that they may already be too late. From fog-choked docks to wolf-haunted forests, North by Midnight is a relentless tale of survival, loyalty, and courage-where rescue is never guaranteed, and the past is every bit as dangerous as the future.