“ poetic and unnerving wilderness thriller… Full of rushing life and profound consequences. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful.” “A fiery tour de force… recalls his debut, The Dog Stars, with its poetic, staccato sentences and masterfully crafted prose… And what a story he tells… I could not put this book down. “here is plenty of tension here, but where Heller really scores is the extraordinarily high quality of his writing about the natural world, which is lyrical and action-packed by turns.” –Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of Let Me Lie A beautiful, heartrending exploration of male friendship.” “Urgent, visceral writing–I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. –Denise Mina, The New York Times Book Review “Utter joy… A suspenseful tale told with glorious drama and lyrical flair.” ★ ONE OF THE 2019’S BOOKS WE CAN’T WAIT TO READ, AMAZON BOOK REVIEW PODCAST PRAISE & REVIEWS ★ ONE OF 2019’S MOST ANTICIPATED FICTION, BOOKPAGE ★ ONE OF 2019’S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS, LITERARY HUB ★ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR, APPLE ★ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR, AMAZON ★ ONE OF THE BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN MARCH, NYT ★ ONE OF THE TEN BOOKS YOU’LL WANT TO READ THIS SPRING, WALL STREET JOURNAL ★ FORBES RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR SUMMER 2019 Is this the man they heard? And, if he is, where is the woman? From 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. 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. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey.
When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddles and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. 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. It is the story of two college friends on a wilderness canoe trip–a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, this is a masterful tale of wilderness survival in the vein of Into the Wild and The Call of the Wild.
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