Publisher's Synopsis
Forty people, family campers from New Jersey, travel to a remote Canadian island for an annual summer Boy Scout trip. When they arrive they make a shocking discovery. Their hosts are missing and the surrounding territory has been taken over by a giant bear, a bear that is now inexplicably stalking them and keeping them captive on the island. Emotions run high as they face the bear and toil for survival. Then as more primitive instincts take hold, the families realize they must be concerned not only with the bear but also with members of their own group. Parents and children learn from nature and from each other. Families struggle to identify genuine risks and threats. In the process, they must decide which rules of civilization have value in a malevolent wilderness. Can parental love replace all rules? Join trip leaders Mark Foster and Andrea Walsh in this exciting modern fable that keeps you guessing up until the very end. Will they make the right choices to save their families, fellow campers, and themselves from the dangers presented by both man and nature?
