Sixteen-year-old Savannah Evans walks with a slight limp thanks to a gymnastics' accident that dashed her Olympic dreams, but didn't stop her from attending an adventure camp in Idaho. At Camp Arrowhead, she quickly befriends Jade Chang and Rico Cruz, but Conner Swift taunts Savi because of her injury.
When the four are teamed together for an overnight white-water river rafting adventure, Savi refuses to get in the same raft with Conner. Unfortunately, the director will not reassign her.
A fun expedition down the river turns into a nightmare when their raft slams into a huge rock and their adult guide disappears down the river.
Without their guide and desperately trying to steer an out-of-control raft, they pass the “last chance” marker and enter the larger rapids. With Jade pinned between the raft and a rock, and Rico clinging to a lifeline, Savi must cut the raft free.
When the four drag themselves out of the river, they’re bruised, beaten, lost, and twenty-five miles from camp. Because of late-night campfire tales of Vexel, a vicious animal that roams the nearby woods, Savi and the others are terrified.
Savi becomes the unlikely leader who tries to guide the group back to Camp Arrowhead. Limited supplies, injuries, and the constant threat of Vexel—who Savi fears is stalking them, complicate the harrowing return trip.
Readers will enjoy dramatic survival scenes and the group working together, solving problems, and learning to overcome adversity.
This was a pretty awesome book! Savi was a pretty strong character, one that I truly enjoyed, I mean, she was working to being an Olympic contender, but was injured, but she doesn't let this keep her down, and even when her life is in danger in this book, she does pretty well under the stress!
So I really enjoyed these characters, they're thrown in this pretty bad situation, but most of the time, most of them keep their wits about them, and they were individual characters that while not all or always liked, but real. And that was great!
I really enjoyed the Vexel, because in the back of your mind, you think, hey, this isn't real, but there was something out there with them, and to have the Vexel, a threat that they could name, made it easier, and yeah, that was great!
That was a really great ending, it just perfect for the book, just what I wanted! And yeah, it was quite entertaining, which in a book, is just about the highest that you can get, to entertain the readers, so this book gets a plus in that department!
I enjoyed this book so much, it was just a fascinating survival story!
Author: Gary Rodriguez
Read: November 30th, 2014
Source: Elana Johnson Tours Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a SAC 2014 Book!
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: October 7th 2014
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My name is Gary Rodriguez, and I live in California. I'm the president of LeaderMetrix Inc., a consulting company that specializes in senior-level executive coaching, organizational development, and conflict resolution.
Previously, I worked for eighteen years in the radio business as an executive where I spent several years as one of the original managers of Infinity Broadcasting.
Following a successful radio career I became the president of a non-profit organization for a season.
As a young man, I spent a tour of duty in the U.S. Army where I was recognized as the youngest Drill Instructor in the Army's history at age 18 years. I was also awarded the Silver Star (the nation's third highest award for valor) while serving in a combat zone.
Over the past few years, I've written three non-fiction books and then I decided to write a novel.
My first book, Purpose-Centered Public Speaking, was published in 2009 and was re-published this summer (2014). Then I wrote a companion workbook designed to help people implement the principles taught in my first book. Next, I wrote Overcoming The Fear Of Public Speaking. And this past year, I wrote my first novel, Escape Through The Wilderness.
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