August 1889. A man lays dead in a darkened construction site near Manhattan's Madison Square Park. The murderer, Jim Tupper, a Mohawk Indian, flees back to the vast Adirondack wilderness. But he has left a trail of death behind pointing North, straight to where Detective Tom Braddock and his family are vacationing. Worlds collide when Tom's son is caught up in the murder of a young maid at the hotel. To clear him Tom must capture the killer, whom he believes to be Tupper, launching an epic chase through more than a hundred miles of lakes, rivers, and forest. Unfolding in a place and time where powerful forces have been set in motion, fuelled by greed and an undying need to claim the wilderness, this is a top-notch historical thriller.