First published 2009
In 1846, newlywed Sarah Graves joins her family's wagon train to California. But when the party is stranded in the Sierra Nevada, Sarah and a small group set out on foot to get help. Braving blistering cold, starvation, and unspeakable horrors, their only hope is to reach civilization before it's too late.
Genres: survival, american-fiction, historical-fiction, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: against-the-odds, survival
Setting: California, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), United States, West (U.S.), West United States
Period: 19th century
384 pages · Paperback · Mariner Books
Content warnings: death