First published 2019
Kira Bennett, a young woman raised in the wild, is part of a family of elite search-and-rescue professionals. When Cady Bennett's estranged father asks for help finding a missing child in the Sierra Glades National Park, Kira and her friends Jude and Free join the desperate search. As they comb the 750,000-acre wilderness, Kira is haunted by her own past, struggling to overcome the trauma of her early years alone in the wild. With time running out, Kira becomes obsessed with finding the lost child, driven by her deep empathy. But the case is more complex than it seems, and Kira must confront long-buried family secrets to uncover the truth.
Genres: adventure, mystery, contemporary, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
352 pages · Paperback
Content warnings: mental-illness