The Wildfire Season by
Andrew Pyper
pbk out October 05
(HarperCollins)
at £6.99
Lost Girls, Pyper's debut novel was greeted with much acclaim and here he
continues to prove his skill as a writer. Exchanging the freezing Ontario
winter of the first book for the brittle, tinder-dry forests of the Yukon, Pyper
tells the story of Miles McEwan who has sought refuge in the remote region,
after being badly burned in a fire. Still scarred and troubled by the events in
his past, he continues to work as a fire fighter, leading a small team to try to
manage the forest fires that sweep through the hills. When Miles ran from his
previous life he left love behind too, a woman who is now seeking him out, a
woman who brings his daughter to meet him for the first time. While Miles
and his team wait for the first signs of fire, a hunting party, out to kill a bear
stumble into danger. Violence erupts as the inferno takes hold. The Wildfire
Season is a sizzling thriller, strong on characterisation as well as action,
eloquent on natural history and the fierce energy of fire and tender about the
potential of love. Recommended.
(
Cath Staincliffe
author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder)
The Wildfire Season by
Andrew Pyper
