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Zusatztext This story of a battle for survival will drag you off your sofa and plunge you down foaming white water rapids in a fragile canoe. It's a high adventure - the kind you seldom come across anymore - laced with a thriller twist for an extra kick ... The author's a whitewater kayaker and his descriptions of wild sailing and observations of the wilderness are lyrically poetic. Loved it! Informationen zum Autor PETER HELLER is the award-winning author of THE DOG STARS, a New York Times bestseller and a Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle and Atlantic Book of the Year, and THE RIVER, an Observer Thriller of the Year. Born and raised in New York, he has travelled the world as an expedition kayaker, writing about challenging descents in the Pamirs, the Tien Shan mountains, the Caucuses, Central America and Peru. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received an MFA in fiction and poetry, and won a Michener fellowship for his epic poem 'The Psalms of Malvine'. Klappentext Guardian Clare Mackintosh Sunday Mirror Denise Mina! New York Times Wynn and Jack have been best friends since their first day of college! brought together by their shared love the great outdoors. When they decide to canoe down the Maskwa River in northern Canada! they anticipate the ultimate wilderness experience: no phones! no fellow travellers! no way of going back. But as a wildfire starts to make its way towards them! their trip becomes a desperate race for survival. And when a man suddenly appears! claiming his wife has vanished! the fight against the raging flames becomes a much deadlier game of cat and mouse. A gripping tale of man vs nature, and the destructive power of revenge from the author of New York Times bestseller The Dog Stars. Zusammenfassung A gripping tale of man vs nature, and the destructive power of revenge from the author of New York Times bestseller The Dog Stars....
