Callan Wink Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

In the Montana backcountry live two brothers who run a saw mill and do a little poaching on the side. Thad is the brains of the operation. His brother Hazen has a talent for tracking and hunting and getting himself into trouble. Together they have just about made it work, but now there are mounting bills, a leaky roof and winter is closing in. When a menacing figure known as the Scot offers them a risky but potentially lucrative hunting job in Yellowstone National Park, the brothers can't refuse, but before long the precarious nature of their lives and their bond is exposed.From a fresh new voice in American fiction, this is a propulsive, bracing story about the cost of survival set against the unforgiving wilderness of the American northwest.

Život na úpatí montanského pohoří za hranicí Yellowstonského národního parku nepromíjí chyby. Zimy jsou tu neúprosné a ne každý si může dovolit dříví na otop. Své o tom vědí i mladí bratři Thad a Hazen, kteří si rozvozem dříví vydělávají. Potíže s penězi je nevyhnutelně přivedou k dalším způsobům, jak si zajistit živobytí – možná že odpověď na jejich problémy leží právě ve střeženém Yellowstonu, v němž na člověka čekají požáry, zima, jeleni, vlci i medvědi. Kdo se ale do divočiny vydá, musí se potýkat také sám se sebou. Na pozadí krásy stále ještě odolávající americké divočiny se totiž v románu Callana Winka vyjevuje především síla lidské povahy, vůle a vytrvalosti.

August is an average twelve year old - he likes dogs and fishing, and doesn't even mind early morning chores on his family's farm. When his parents' marriage falls apart and he has to start over in a new town, he tries hard to be an average teen - playing football and doing his homework - but he struggles to form friendships, and when a shocking act of violence pushes him off course once more, he flees to rural Montana. There, as he throws himself into work on a ranch, he comes to learn that even the smallest of communities have secrets and even the most broken of families have a bond. Beautifully written and unfolding against an epic American landscape, August is a compelling, authentic and poignant story of the joys and traumas that irrevocably shape us all.