This ninth book of the
series drags Inspector Green far outside his comfort zone.
When his daughter
Hannah hits the whitewater on the breathtakingly beautiful and dangerously
isolated Nahanni River, vague parental worries soon solidify into well-founded
concern, for Green if not for the wilderness area’s more trekker-hardened RCMP.
Disturbing facts come
to light about the expedition’s leader. A freak storm washes one of the group’s
canoes downstream. Mining consortiums war with environmentalists. Soon Green
and Sullivan are on their way to the Yukon,
hoping to find Hannah before the rising tensions rend her group and leave her
stranded in a trackless, perilous wilderness. Desk-bound Green forces himself past physical and psychological weaknesses in
an unfamiliar and hostile environment, where grizzlies and wolves are no longer
the most dangerous predators.
Part family saga, part
a thoughtful exploration of the growing conflict between environmental and
resource-extraction priorities, “Whisper of Legends” is an adrenaline-fueled
adventure, nearly impossible to put down.
The Whisper of Legends
Dundurn 2013
I loved it, but I need more. When is the next one due? Please????
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