Product DescriptionA powerful and disturbing psychological thriller set in the wilderness of Northern Canada, from the best-selling author of Lost Girls Of all the end-of-the-world places he could have run to after he was burned, Miles McEwan chose Ross River. Buried deep in the vast wilderness of the Yukon, it seemed the perfect place to escape the past. Best of all, he could carry on doing the job he loved -- fighting fire. But five years on, Miles is still troubled by phantoms of his previous life: the young man whose agonizing death preys on his conscience, and the woman he abandoned as a consequence. And in the dark forest around Ross River violence is brewing. A small party, out to track bear, is about to encounter nature in its wildest and most ferocious guise. Elsewhere a killer is going about his work, quietly and ruthlessly. As the survivors of the hunting party are picked off one by one and fire rages through the mountains, Miles embarks on a desperate rescue mission, driven by love for a daughter who, until this dangerous summer, had been a perfect stranger. The Wildfire Season is a remarkable tour de force -- an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature, a poignant love story and a riveting follow-up to Andrew Pyper's bestselling Lost Girls.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "Fire isn't like us. It never forgives."
This novel was a surprise, what I expected in a well-plotted mystery enhanced by the basic themes of human and nature, betrayal, tragedy, redemption and the unpredictability of a forest fire on the rampage, a small flame simmering over a landscape, eventually dancing from tree to tree in a remote area of Yukon wilderness. Caught in the fire, the inhabitants of Ross River will face the fury of an out-of-control burn, their intimate personal struggles laid bare in a stunning denouement. ... Read More
Rating: - Great read
I bought this book thinking it was not a novel. It it a great read. The story line keeps you interested and you really feel for the characters. My husband is a wildland fire fighter so I know the terms used in the story. The ending is a total surprise.
Rating: - Faults on display
A thriller with characters whose defects coexist with courage. Takes the reader to places and events not regularly a setting for this type of read. Kept the pages turning.
Rating: - fairly good
Though the story ends up less than believable, the author uses some good detail showing he's done his homework on wildland firefighting.
Rating: - fine thriller
Miles McEwan moved to literally the end of the road when he relocated to Ross River in the Yukon to become the tiny hamlet's fire chief as he hides from his past though he cannot elude the fiery burn scars that mark and mock his face. Though he drinks a lot to somewhat bury his mental anguish that haunts him, Miles is also aware that he must remain somewhat sober as this is the area's inferno season when forest fires tend to go out of control.
However, this particular season is going be ... Read More
- "Fire isn't like us. It never forgives."
- Faults on display
- fairly good
