The Wildfire Season
Published on 5. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-00-722742-6 (ISBN)
Description
Haunted. Scarred. Alone.
And the nightmare's just beginning...
The Wildfire Season is a remarkable tour de force - an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature and a poignant love story.
The vast tracts of wilderness of the Canadian north are beautiful but dangerous - a place to lose yourself, or hide your secrets. For fire-fighter Miles McEwan, scarred and haunted by a terrible death, it is both.
But the uneasy peace of his new life in the backwoods town of Ross River can't last. Violence is simmering in the vast forests around him and the past he thought he had escaped is about to catch up with him.
Now Miles must fight the fires that rage around him as well the ones he had hoped to leave behind. All the time knowing that one of his friends must be a killer...
And the nightmare's just beginning...
The Wildfire Season is a remarkable tour de force - an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature and a poignant love story.
The vast tracts of wilderness of the Canadian north are beautiful but dangerous - a place to lose yourself, or hide your secrets. For fire-fighter Miles McEwan, scarred and haunted by a terrible death, it is both.
But the uneasy peace of his new life in the backwoods town of Ross River can't last. Violence is simmering in the vast forests around him and the past he thought he had escaped is about to catch up with him.
Now Miles must fight the fires that rage around him as well the ones he had hoped to leave behind. All the time knowing that one of his friends must be a killer...
Reviews / Votes
Reviews for Andrew Pyper:"This novel's on fire...Andrew Pyper knows how to whirl a complex plot into motion...but exceeds the demands of the suspense-thriller genre. Pyper is a literary craftsman who knows what he is doing at all times, a consummate professional who, judging from The Wildfire Season, proposes to burn for a very long time" Globe and Mail
'This is one scary book...You'll want to keep all the lights on as you read this one.' Independent on Sunday
'This is an excellently written novel, brilliant in its evocation of atmosphere.' Evening Standard
'Extremely compelling.' Sunday Telegraph
'Lost Girls is a hugely impressive and utterly compelling thriller.' Independent
'A remarkably fine debut nove...has a menace that is all its own.' Time Out
'Remarkable and compelling. But, more than that, it is a novel that goes some way towards reinventing the literary ghost story.' The Times
'A sombre portrait of men and women under the most intense psychological and physical pressure. It packs a mean punch - and some rude surprises...a wonderfully twisted updating of James Dickey's Deliverance, this one will grip you.' Guardian
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-722742-6 (9780007227426)
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Andrew Pyper was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1968. He is the author of Kiss Me, a collection of short stories, as well as the novels Lost Girls (selected as a New York Times notable Book of the Year) and The Trade Mission. Lost Girls was an international bestseller, and is currently in development for a feature film adaptation. Andrew Pyper lives in Toronto.