Good morning, readers. White Pines welcomes you. A never ending empty road surrounded by Alaska's beautiful pines meets a small town with a population of only 1,016. "White Pines is a secluded community. No one anywhere knows of this place and we like to keep it that way. We are hidden from everyone and everything, engulfed and surrounded by the Alaskan trees and mountains. Corruption has no place here. We never had an outsider before, and I'm not quite sure how our people will react to your coming. I'm sorry to say, but you must understand now that you can't leave White Pines. If anyone knows of White Pines it will spoil our beloved community. We cannot take that chance." - Doctor Karen Vaughn