Prologue: Reckoning
I
1. Days of Paradise
2. The White Edge
3. The Great Blue Chest
4. Possession
5. Articles of Faith
6. The Long View
7. Star of Plenty
8. Enduring Night
9. The Search
10. The Red Scarf
11. Water Sky
12. Bay of God's Mercy
II
13. Hunters, Scavengers
14. Parry's Rock
15. A Taste for Mountain Sorrel
16. The Wasting
17. The Surgeon's Report
III
18. Advent
19. Exodus
20. Show of Hands
21. Uncommon Prayer
22. Between Ships
23. Dominion
24. Restitution
25. Dissolution
Author's Note
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Brian Payton has written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and The Globe and Mail. He is the author of the novel Hail Mary Corner and the non-fiction narrative Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness. Payton lives with his family on Vancouver Island.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR BC's NATIONAL AWARD FOR CANADIAN NON-FICTION
"A gripping story. . . . Payton's detailed and fascinating
exploration of this hideous voyage into the Arctic wilderness
reminds us that the North is a crucial feature of both our past and
our future."
—Charlotte Gray in The Globe and Mail
"A hypnotic read, fast-paced and wonderfully written."
—Roy MacGregor, author of Canadians: A Portrait of a Country and
Its People
"A book of uncommon economy and power."
—John DeMont, author of Coal Black Heart
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