Ghost Bear: A Novel
Apr 2027 · Sold by Flatiron Books
Ebook
304
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
infoThis book will become available on April 13, 2027. You will not be charged until it is released.
About this ebook
From Edgar Award winning-author James McLaughlin, a mesmerizing literary thriller set in Virginian Appalachia, about the caretaker of a forest preserve and the poacher who calls in a desperate debt
Rice Moore thought he was done with trouble. After finally shaking the Mexican cartel that long hunted him and successfully shutting down a bear poaching scheme, Rice is ready to settle into his role as caretaker of the Turk Mountain Preserve. He is closer than ever with his best friend, Sara, the preserve’s biologist, and has started seeing the receptionist at the local sheriff’s office. So when his former enemy, ex-Marine bear poacher Alan Mirra, calls in an old debt, Rice agrees to help him hide out in the preserve. Rice and Mirra settle into a rhythm and maybe even a kind of combative friendship, bonded by grudging mutual respect and their love of the wild.
But Rice soon learns that he is harboring a fugitive: Mirra gunned down a federal agent and is on the run. What’s more, the connection Rice has always felt for the forest has been deepening into something all-consuming. He is haunted by visions of a burning world and a towering ghost bear. Mirra is having the same visions, visions that push both men to the edge of sanity and erode their precarious trust. Sara can tell Rice is keeping a dangerous secret, one that threatens all of them. Can Rice keep his promise to Mirra while protecting the place and people he most loves? And does Mirra have one more surprise up his sleeve?
Rice Moore thought he was done with trouble. After finally shaking the Mexican cartel that long hunted him and successfully shutting down a bear poaching scheme, Rice is ready to settle into his role as caretaker of the Turk Mountain Preserve. He is closer than ever with his best friend, Sara, the preserve’s biologist, and has started seeing the receptionist at the local sheriff’s office. So when his former enemy, ex-Marine bear poacher Alan Mirra, calls in an old debt, Rice agrees to help him hide out in the preserve. Rice and Mirra settle into a rhythm and maybe even a kind of combative friendship, bonded by grudging mutual respect and their love of the wild.
But Rice soon learns that he is harboring a fugitive: Mirra gunned down a federal agent and is on the run. What’s more, the connection Rice has always felt for the forest has been deepening into something all-consuming. He is haunted by visions of a burning world and a towering ghost bear. Mirra is having the same visions, visions that push both men to the edge of sanity and erode their precarious trust. Sara can tell Rice is keeping a dangerous secret, one that threatens all of them. Can Rice keep his promise to Mirra while protecting the place and people he most loves? And does Mirra have one more surprise up his sleeve?
From Edgar Award winning-author James McLaughlin, a mesmerizing literary thriller set in Virginian Appalachia, about the caretaker of a forest preserve and the poacher who calls in a desperate debt
Rice Moore thought he was done with trouble. After finally shaking the Mexican cartel that long h...
Discover more
About the author
James A. McLaughlin is the acclaimed author of Ghost Bear, Panther Gap, and Bearskin, winner of the Edgar Award. A native of Virginia, he now lives in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.
James A. McLaughlin is the acclaimed author of Ghost Bear, Panther Gap, and Bearskin, winner of the Edgar Award. A native of Virginia, he now lives in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
