THE WILDFIRE SEASON: A Novel
Language: English
Published by Minotaur Books, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A., 2006
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Miles McEwan has been hiding for years. No one has really got close -- no one except the ghost of the young man, whose burnt and charred presence haunts him; a painful reminder of the fire that changed his life and scarred his face. But the past and the flames rise up like a Pheonix as, Emma, the girlfriend Miles left five years previously and, Rachel, the enigmatic 5-year-old daughter he never even knew he had, arrive into the stark loneliness of his new home -- Ross River, a place 'lost everywhere but on the government maps'. But as Miles begins fighting the emotions that this painful reunion has brought and desperately pushing away any new opportunites, a rampant fire starts which threatens to engulf the town and all its inhabitants. Pretty soon Miles is in a race to keep his family alive, and is given a chance to relive that fateful day when so much that was good turned bad. Author of LOST GIRLS (a New York Times and Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year), THE TRADE MISSION, and KISS ME, a collection of stories. As new, unread, first edition, first printing , in near-fine )bottom rear edge show some rippling), mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} A76.…
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- Title
- THE WILDFIRE SEASON: A Novel
- Author
- Pyper, Andrew
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0312354541
- ISBN 13
- 9780312354541
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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 what he did best--fighting fire. But five years on, Miles is still troubled by two 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, fire and violence are brewing. As a small blaze becomes an inferno, a group of bear trackers is about to encounter nature in its wildest form. 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.
A remarkable work, The Wildfire Season is an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature, and an unusual--and unusually moving--story of what one can choose to endure in the name of love.
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