To the Bright Edge of the World

An atmospheric,transporting tale of adventureloveand survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Childfinalist for the Pulitzer Prize. One of the Best Books of 2016–Amazon A Washington Post Notable Book of 2016 A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee A Library Journal Top 10 Book of 2016 A BookPage Best Book of 2016 In the winter of 1885decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vastuntamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophiehis newly pregnant wifeColonel Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn’t return–once he passes beyond the edge of the known worldthere’s no telling what awaits him. The Wolverine River Valley is not only breathtaking and forbidding but also terrifying in ways that the colonel and his men never could have imagined. As they map the territory and gather information on the native tribeswhose understanding of the natural world is unlike anything they have ever encounteredForrester and his men discover the blurred lines between human and wild animalthe living and the dead. And while the men knew they would face starvation and dangerthey cannot escape the sense that some greatermysterious force threatens their lives. Meanwhileon her own at Vancouver BarracksSophie chafes under the social restrictions and yearns to travel alongside her husband. She does not know that the winter will require as much of her as it does her husbandthat both her courage and faith will be tested to the breaking point. Can her exploration of nature through the new art of photography help her to rediscover her sense of beauty and wonder? The truths that Allen and Sophie discover over the course of that fateful year change both of their lives–and the lives of those who hear their stories long after they’re gone–forever.