Wilderness Fiction

When 72-year-old Cloris Waldrip finds herself lost and alone in the unforgiving wilderness of the Montana mountains, with only a Bible, a sturdy pair of boots and a couple of candies to keep her alive, it seems her chances of ever getting home to Texas are slim. Debra Lewis, a park ranger who is drinking her way out of the aftermath of a messy divorce, is the only one who believes the old lady may still be alive. Galvanised by her newfound mission to find her, Lewis leads a motley group of rescuers to follow the trail of clues that Cloris has left behind.

Veronica Grande never had an easy life. Then, the day came when she inherited her father’s estate and all the wealth along with it. This got the attention of a killer who would pursue her into the Backwoods of Strickfield. Unfortunately for both Veronica and the killer, they have no idea of the horrors awaiting them in the fabled backwoods.

What is a time? Is it a life? Is it a series of lives? It is the day of the devil's earth; and the Great Red Dragon is on the hunt for the illusive woman that could bring about the end of its reign. Concealing time and history as faith and science collide, God's plan takes form.

One day, as Cara and her siblings are trying to clean up the canal where they live, they pull out a mysterious locked safe. Though none of them can open it, they're sure it's something special. That night, a thief comes after the safe. The children flee, travelling with their boat as far as they can, before continuing into the forest on foot. But soon they're lost in the mountains with a snowstorm about to land and food supplies running low. Will Cara and her siblings be able to survive the wilderness with nothing but their wits, their bravery and one very large dog to help?

The people of Avis worship their deities in front of the gate to their Holy Land. On a fateful day in 1986, the gods cut themselves off from humanity for unknown reasons. Fourteen years later, in the year 2000, six kids stumble upon this parallel world. There, they discover they have secret powers and attempt to unravel the mystery of that fateful night.

The undead are empowered during the new day of dark light, and the struggle for life begins. Some become nomadic and flee into the wilderness. Others willingly become enslaved "cattle" to various forms of undead just to remain among the living.

Lee Graham is faced with the decision of remaining in his beloved city, whose pollution is toxic to his lungs, or taking up the offer of free land in a Michigan wilderness. The magazine that offers Lee the free land has one stipulation: he cannot step foot off of the designated area in the wilderness for an entire year without forfeiting the land.

Book one of 50 in the Junior Geography Detective Squad, 50-state, mystery, trivia series.

In their desperate quest for power, the Wonders of the White Wilderness enter into deceptive alliance with more cities that are also very deceptive. One of the scoundrels lays his hands on an ancient scroll only to discover that evil cannot rule over good but the corruption in the city of Lars gives him no opportunity to give his counsels. The old wizard kindles the fire of battles: battles of the swords and battles for the corruption of the mind. Then, Vensiono must stand against the evils of the wizard before it is too late.

A peaceful walk through the woods quickly turns into a maddening fight for survival. With evil at his heels, a man struggles to hold onto life before it is ripped away.

Toward the end of the 1,000 years of the trade age, a white donkey that understands the language of men comes to know that men either live by wisdom or float in ignorance. It sees how wisdom helps the city of Lars to avert the invasion of an uncountable celebration of polar bears. And in those days, a baby boy, Vensiono, is born and Mustan an old artist predicts that he will become a father of wise hooligans. But when all seem to be at blessed peace, a wizard appears - claiming to be from a faraway city of Hamana.

A plane crash at Mt. Hood in Oregon has occurred and two friends make their way back down the mountain to civilization. Their return, a happy one of course, but they themselves are not happy. What they thought was only a day turned out they were missing for two weeks.

In each of these tales, Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the single instant that shapes a whole life: In a few brief minutes we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age. By superimposing the past on the present, Atwood paints interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and life's lost chances, endowing even the banal with a sense of mystery.

Clumsy, diffident Dick Mount and clever Maggie Gordon live in isolated clearings in New York's Mohawk Valley. Both just 16, they are young and inexperienced - and unprepared for the tragedies that will befall them. When Dick's brothers are killed by marauding Indians in the fall of 1777 and Maggie's father falls desperately ill, they must turn to each other to face the perils of the time.

While sojourning in Egypt for 430 years, the nation of Israel did not have a personal knowledge as their forefathers had. Nothing could be more important to their existence, mission, and destiny than their wilderness experience. They experienced god's power on the eve of their exodus from Egypt. But they also needed to experience his holiness. This volume lays out the offerings of atonement by which they would gain such vital knowledge.

Still in a daze, I take it all in: the wind, the leaden skies, the churning moody sea. And, far in the distance, a misty outline. Skelsay. Wilderness haven. Building-site. Luxury-retreat-to-be. And now, home. When her father’s construction work takes Em’s family to the uninhabited island of Skelsay, she is excited, but also a little uneasy. Soon, Em and her friend, Zac, realize that the setbacks, mishaps, and accidents on the island point to something altogether more sinister: The wilderness all around them has declared war. Danger lurks everywhere.

The Wilderness is the perfect place for building dens, making fires and camping out all night. It’s the only place where Noah and his friends feel truly free. Then the sign appears - LAND FOR SALE. Doesn’t anyone care about the wildlife and the trees? The deer who comes at dawn, the baby crow Noah has been feeding, all of the creatures who’ve made the Wilderness their home? One thing is for sure - Noah and his friends are not giving up on the Wilderness without a fight.