![]() ![]() Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman?įrom this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival. But: The next day a man appears on the river, paddling alone. The two men hear a couple arguing on the riverbank and attempt to warn them, but they are unable to find them. When they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank and decide to warn them about the fire, their search for the pair turns up nothing and no one. The trip suddenly takes on a new sense of urgency. ![]() When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns.īut a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. ![]() Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip-a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. ![]()
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