Kirjahaku

Harold Macy's newest book, a collection of short stories depicting life in the Pacific Northwest, resonates with the land and the people who inhabit it. Whether he's chronicling the death song of a Douglas fir, the brassy orchestra of trumpeter swans, or the sweet sap symphony of a tapped maple, Harold Macy contemplates the beauty of all that British Columbia has to offer with graceful lyricism and appreciation for the natural world, highlighting the particular magic of the West Coast. It is the human ties to the land that shine in Macy's stories: everyday fishermen and loggers, gardeners and wildland firefighters, maple harvesters and weekend missionaries. From the rich bounty of the glacial loam to the wondrous stands of Sitka spruce, the natural landscape is as much a character in Macy's tales as any person. With a genuine appreciation for the natural beauty of British Columbia, Macy's collection reflects on how we both shape--and are shaped--by the land we inhabit.

No place for a horseman. But some refuge. Good enough. San Josef, 1898: For Clayton Monroe, this struggling colony at the far northwest corner of Vancouver Island is his last hope of refuge--a sanctuary from the imagined demons and real enemies who have pursued him for three decades, across the Civil War battlefields of Virginia and the plains of Kansas to the gold-rush gateway of Seattle. For Anika Frederickson, San Josef is her new home, a community built on the promises of provincial government officials and carved from the coastal wilderness by the perserverance and dedication of her fellow Danish co-operative idealists. Blowing in on the rain and wind that batter the failing outpost of San Josef comes the inevitable challenge to Clayton's safety and Anika's family. At San Josef, the rainforest and the river will bear witness. A powerful novel of redemption and revenge inspired by a real American Civil War mystery.