Spending months at a time in the backwoods, braving dangerous rapids, and portaging over rough terrain, the voyageurs were the epitome of tough, rugged adventurers Patrick Cutler disappears just before the police inform Jessie that the young runaway is wanted in connection with two shocking murders. Suddenly she is cast into a raging maelstrom of dark secrets and deadly consequences. And the cold and empty road she’s traveling could be leading her not to her home...but to a grave in the trackless wilderness.