The Long Portage

The wilderness doesn't care about your reputation. But Vernon Lisle does. When his father dies disgraced, accused of cowardice and inhumanity after a disastrous expedition in the Canadian backcountry, Vernon makes a vow. He'll clear his father's name, or die trying. The journey ahead is brutal: hundreds of miles of uncharted wilderness through some of the most unforgiving terrain on the continent. Icy rivers, starvation, mountain passes still snowbound in summer. But the landscape is only half the battle. As Vernon and his companions piece together what really happened to the Gladwyne expedition, they uncover secrets that some men killed to keep buried. This isn't just a story about surviving the wilderness. It's about surviving the weight of a man's honor, and the lengths we go to reclaim it.