New Releases by Peter Heller

From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars and The Last Ranger, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emerge from the woods of rural Maine to a dystopian country racked by bewildering violence Every year, Jess and Storey have made an annual pilgrimage to the most remote corners of the country, where they camp, hunt, and hike, leaving much from their long friendship unspoken. Although the state of Maine has convulsed all summer with secession mania—a mania that has simultaneously spread across other states—Jess and Storey figure it’s a fight reserved for legislators or, worst-case scenario, folks in the capital. But after weeks hunting off the grid, the men reach a small town and are shocked by what they find: a bridge blown apart, buildings burned to the ground, and bombed-out cars abandoned on the road. Trying to make sense of the sudden destruction all around them, they set their sights on finding their way home, dragging a wagon across bumpy dirt roads, scavenging from boats left in lakes, and dodging armed men—secessionists or U.S. military, they cannot tell—as they seek a path to safety. Then, a startling discovery drastically alters their path and the stakes of their escape. Drenched in the beauty of the natural world and attuned to the specific cadences of male friendship, even here at the edge of doom, Burn is both a blistering warning about a divided country’s political strife and an ode to the salvation found in our chosen families.

Frith a six ans quand sa mère Hayley, professeure et traductrice de poésie chinoise, décide de plaquer sa carrière universitaire pour venir s’installer dans une cabane rustique au pied des montagnes du Vermont et s’inventer une vie libre et belle. Ce retour à la terre est rude, mais toutes deux subsistent grâce à la pommeraie qui flanque leur terrain et au sirop d’érable qu’elles produisent. Scolarisée à domicile, l’intrépide Frith s’imagine reine de leur paradis sauvage, ignorant tout des peines et des regrets qui ont poussé Hayley à se réfugier ici. Saison après saison, mère et fille vivent en autarcie, affrontant “le monde et ses déceptions main dans la main”, jusqu’au jour où Rose, une artiste locale, frappe à leur porte et bouleverse leur existence. Près de trente ans plus tard, Frith se remémore les jours heureux d’avant les tragédies et revisite sa relation fusionnelle avec Hayley à travers les sublimes poèmes qu’elle lui a légués. L’auteur de "La Rivière" signe un roman tout en pudeur et délicatesse, nimbé d’une mélancolie tchékhovienne, sur les pertes de l’enfance, les amitiés indéfectibles et la force inébranlable de l’amour entre mère et fille.

The best-selling author of The River returns with a vibrant, lyrical novel about an enforcement ranger in Yellowstone National Park who likes wolves better than most people. When a clandestine range war threatens his closest friend, he must shake off his own losses and act swiftly to discover the truth and stay alive. “A good story that’s intertwined like leaves afloat in a river with the current of Heller’s descriptive powers… Filled with Heller’s lush writing… Powerful.” –Denver Post Officer Ren Hopper is an enforcement ranger with the National Park Service, tasked with duties both mundane and thrilling: Breaking up fights at campgrounds, saving clueless tourists from moose attacks, and attempting to broker an uneasy peace between the wealthy vacationers who tromp through the park with cameras, and the residents of hardscrabble Cooke City who want to carve out a meaningful living. When Ren, hiking through the backcountry on his day off, encounters a tall man with a dog and a gun chasing a small black bear up a hill, his hackles are raised. But what begins as an investigation into the background of a local poacher soon opens into something far murkier: A shattered windshield, a series of red ribbons tied to traps, the discovery of a frightening conspiracy, and a story of heroism gone awry. Populated by a cast of extraordinary characters—famous scientists, tattooed bartenders, wildlife guides in slick Airstreams—and bursting with unexpected humor and grace, Peter Heller masterfully unveils a portrait of the American west where our very human impulses—for greed, love, family, and community—play out amidst the stunning beauty of the natural world.

Quelques années après un été traumatique, Jack arrive au Kingfisher Lodge comme guide de pêche à la mouche auprès de riches & célèbres qui fuient la réalité morose d’une Amérique covidée dans les paysages sublimes du Colorado. Outre que la rivière fourmille de truites multicolores, Alison K., la cliente qu’on lui confie, est irrésistible. Mais la menace et le danger viennent vite assombrir la parenthèse enchantée. Dans la droite ligne de "La Rivière", au sommet de son art du détournement des genres littéraires, Peter Heller renouvelle et enrichit encore son inimitable mix de suspense et de poésie.

Die Kingfisher Lodge bietet exklusives Angeln für wohlhabende Kunden. Jack hofft, mit einem Job bei der Lodge zur Normalität zurückkehren zu können – nach einem jungen, von Verlusten geprägten Leben. Seine Aufgabe besteht darin, die Ausrüstung der Gäste zu tragen und sie zu den besten Forellen zu führen. Doch dann durchdringt ein menschlicher Schrei die Nacht, und Jack ahnt, dass diese idyllische Fischerhütte eine Tarnung für eine weitaus unheimlichere Operation ist.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The best-selling author of The River returns with a heart-racing thriller about a young man who is hired by an elite fishing lodge in Colorado, where he uncovers a plot of shocking menace amid the natural beauty of sun-drenched streams and forests. “Peter Heller is the poet laureate of the literary thriller." —Michael Koryta, New York Times best-selling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead Kingfisher Lodge, nestled in a canyon on a mile and a half of the most pristine river water on the planet, is known by locals as "Billionaire''s Mile" and is locked behind a heavy gate. Sandwiched between barbed wire and a meadow with a sign that reads "Don''t Get Shot!" the resort boasts boutique fishing at its finest. Safe from viruses that have plagued America for years, Kingfisher offers a respite for wealthy clients. Now it also promises a second chance for Jack, a return to normalcy after a young life filled with loss. When he is assigned to guide a well-known singer, his only job is to rig her line, carry her gear, and steer her to the best trout he can find. But then a human scream pierces the night, and Jack soon realizes that this idyllic fishing lodge may be merely a cover for a far more sinister operation. A novel as gripping as it is lyrical, as frightening as it is moving, The Guide is another masterpiece from Peter Heller

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Guide and The Dog Stars comes the story of two college students on a wilderness canoe trip—a gripping tale of a friendship tested by fire, white water, and violence. "A fiery tour de force … I could not put this book down. It truly was terrifying and unutterably beautiful."—The Denver Post Wynn and Jack have been best friends since college orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddling and picking blueberries, and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. One night, with the fire advancing, they hear a man and woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank; the next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the same man they heard? And if he is, where is the woman? From this charged beginning, master storyteller Peter Heller unspools a headlong, heart-pounding story of desperate wilderness survival.

"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of leisurely paddles and picking blueberries and nights of stargazing and reading paperback Westerns. But a wildfire making its way across the forest adds unexpected urgency to the journey. One night, with the fire advancing, they hear a man and a woman arguing on the fog-shrouded riverbank; the next day, a man appears on the river, paddling alone. Is this the same man they heard? And if he is, where is the woman?"--Back cover.

Recent developments in the global economy, notably the accelerating trade war between the US and China and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemia, have fuelled the debate which model of economic development, the Western or the East Asian one, is more competitive in a long term perspective. The intention of this paper is a brief investigation, based on historical and empirical research, into the role of entrepreneurship as a major factor of competitiveness and key driver of economic development in both models. International reports based on data of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the World Economic Forum''s Global Competitiveness Index come to diverging conclusions which model might prevail. The paper outlines why the entrepreneurial dynamics in East Asia, particularly in China and Vietnam cannot be adequately captured by standards and rating systems based on the theoretical framework of liberal capitalism, as the historical, cultural and social factors of the East Asian model lie beyond its reach. However, the Western narrative envisages a determined course of history that economic progress will inevitably drag China and Vietnam on a trajectory towards the Western model. There is sound evidence that this will not happen.

“Like Mark Twain and Toni Morrison, Peter Heller has a rare talent that hooks both literary and commercial readers.” –Elle magazine From the bestselling author of The Dog Stars and The River, The Orchard is an unforgettable coming of age tale reminding us that, even during the hardest of times, love, friendship, and the enduring power of nature will prevail. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains. One of the world’s most renowned translators of poetry from China’s Tang dynasty, Hayley walked away from her career and her drug-addicted husband to raise Frith alone in a land populated not by ambition-fueled academics but by hawks, beavers, and other wild things—including their exuberant Bernese mountain mutt, Bear. They get by on what little they earn from their overgrown apple orchard and the syrup they make from their maple trees. Frith—precocious, homeschooled, and a voracious reader—considers herself queen of this backwoods paradise. She is too young to understand the pain and regret that have followed her mother here. Season after season, it is the three of them—mother, daughter, and dog—until the sunny spring day when Rose Lattimore appears at their door. Rose is an artist and kindred spirit whose unexpected friendship upends Hayley and Frith’s solitary existence. Rosie takes the edge off the worries of day-to-day survival and encourages the playful aspects of living in nature: fishing, picnics, swimming in a quarry. Frith thrives under the loving care of Hayley and Rosie and, with a child’s innocence, assumes their happiness will last forever. Instead, their lives are shattered by unexpected tragedy and Frith must come to terms with heartbreak and fear. Peter Heller is unique in his ability to capture the beauty and nuance of the natural world and its pull on women and men. In The Orchard, he pairs evocative storytelling with jewel-like poems—Hayley’s translations of her most beloved Tang poet, Li Xue—that echo Hayley and Frith’s life in the wilderness and tell their own tale of mother and daughter. By turns joyful and searing, The Orchard examines the fragility of childhood, motherhood, romantic love, and friendship, and celebrates the enduring solace of nature. At a time when so many of us are gripped by fear and uncertainty, Heller’s story is like a calming deep breath.

Una stretta amicizia lega Jack e Wynn. Si incontrano al college, il primo laureando in ingegneria, il secondo in lettere, e scoprono di avere caratteri diversissimi, ma una magica sintonia. Amano entrambi le avventure e il contatto con la natura, e durante le escursioni non fanno altro che parlare di letteratura. I classici, certo, ma anche quei romanzi che scorrono via senza pretese, come gli onesti western a tinte fosche da leggere accanto al fuoco, la sera, mentre arrostiscono le trote. Quando partono per risalire in canoa il fiume Maskwa, nel nord del Canada, pregustano giornate all’aperto, pagaiando, pescando, e nottate sotto le stelle, accampati sulla riva a leggere e a dimenticare le delusioni d’amore. Ma il diavolo ci mette la coda, e le cose prendono una piega del tutto diversa. Preannunciato da un inquietante odore di fumo, un incendio si avvicina minacciosamente costringendoli a una fuga precipitosa punteggiata da sinistri incontri: due texani, JD e Brent, pescatori ubriaconi dal grilletto facile, e Pierre e Maia, una coppia che evidentemente ha molto da nascondere. Costretti a circostanze estreme, Jack e Wynn possono contare solo su se stessi e sull’amicizia che li unisce per far fronte alla violenza di una natura improvvisamente ostile e alle imprevedibili reazioni degli uomini. Una storia appassionante tra avventura e thriller, in cui i protagonisti scopriranno tragicamente come un’esitazione, una scelta sbagliata, un errore di valutazione possano fare la differenza tra la vita e la morte.

A soixante-huit ans, Céline Watkins, artiste et détective privée spécialisée dans la recherche de personnes disparues, accepte une dernière enquête. Baroud d''honneur ou chance ultime de faire la paix avec ses propres béances intimes ? La voilà sillonnant les routes du Grand Ouest, flanquée de Pete, son très taiseux mari, sur les traces du père de la belle Gabriela, évanoui dans la nature vingt ans plus tôt, supposément à la suite d''une mauvaise rencontre avec un ours. Quand Céline comprend qu''elle est suivie par un agent du FBI dont la discrétion n''est pas le principal souci, l''affaire prend une dimension politique, et vire à un grand jeu du chat et de la souris sur un terrain aussi vaste que miné. Dans la roue de ce couple d''enquêteurs artisanaux, merveilleux de complicité tacite et d''estime partagée, avec le sens du suspense et la passion pour la nature qu''on lui connaît, Peter Heller nous balade magistralement entre aventure haletante et grand roman familial. Action, humour et profondeur, mais surtout attention infinie aux personnages qui en deviennent tous et chacun irrésistibles et font de Peter Heller le champion d''un genre rare : l''entertainment humaniste.

Celine specializes in reuniting families, trying to make amends for a loss in her own past. She is asked for help by Gabriela, whose father, a photographer, went missing on the border of Montana and Wyoming. He was assumed to have died from a grizzly mauling, but his body was never found. Investigating a trail gone cold in Yellowstone National Park, it becomes clear the two women are being followed-- and this is a case someone desperately wants to keep closed.

From the bestselling author of The Dog Stars, the true story of an elite kayaking team''s heroic conquest of the world’s last great adventure prize: Tibet''s Tsangpo River. The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever attempted. Its mysteries have withstood a century''s worth of determined efforts to explore it''s length. The finest expedition paddlers on earth have tried. Several have died. All have failed. Until now. In the heart of the Himalayan winter, a team of seven kayakers launched a meticulously planned assault of the Gorge. The paddlers were river cowboys, superstars in the universe of extreme kayaking. Accompanying them was author Peter Heller, a world-class kayaker in his own right. Filled with history, white-knuckle drama, and mutiny in one of the world''s most storied-and remote-locations, Hell or High Water is the riveting story of this adventure.

Having served time for shooting a man, Jim Stegner gets good money for his paintings at a Santa Fe gallery and has sworn off violence. Then he spies a bad-news local named Dell beating a horse and intervenes; a painting he does of a man digging a grave proves prophetic, as Jim again encounters Dell and kills him.

Em um mundo devastado pela doença, Hig conseguiu escapar à gripe que matou todo mundo que ele conhecia. Sua esposa e seus amigos estão mortos, e ele sobrevive no hangar de um pequeno aeroporto abandonado com seu cachorro, Jasper, e um único vizinho, que odeia a humanidade, ou o que restou dela. Mas Hig não perde as esperanças. Enquanto sobrevoa a cidade em um avião dos anos 1950, ele sonha com a vida que poderia ter vivido não fosse pela fatalidade que dizimou todos que amava. Hig é um guerreiro sonhador. E tem uma imensa vontade de gente, apesar da desilusão que se abateu sobre ele. Por isso é capaz de arriscar todo seu futuro quando, um dia, o rádio de seu avião capta uma mensagem...

Quelque part dans le Colorado, neuf ans après la Fin de Tout. L’art de survivre est devenu un sport extrême, un jeu de massacre. Soumis aux circonstances hostiles, Hig, doux rêveur tendance chasse, pêche et poésie chinoise, fait équipe avec Bangley, vieux cowboy chatouilleux de la gâchette. À la fois captivant roman d’aventures, grand huit des émotions humaines, déclaration d’amour à la nature et pure révélation littéraire, La Constellation du Chien est une version solaire de La Route de Cormac McCarthy. (Et in extremis, réconfortante !)

Hig hat den Weltuntergang überlebt und haust jetzt mit seinem Hund Jasper in einem baufälligen Hangar. Mit einer Cessna tuckert er übers Rollfeld. Eines Tages empfängt er ein Funksignal. Gibt es jenseits seines Flughafens Überlebende? Mit Jaspar macht er sich auf eine abenteuerliche Reise ...

Nooit eerder beschreef iemand zo geloofwaardig, maar ook zo schitterend hoe stil en radicaal anders de wereld eruit zou zien als er vrijwel geen mensen meer zouden wonen. Hig heeft tien jaar geleden als een van de weinigen een pandemie overleefd. Hij woont nu in de hangar van een verlaten vliegveld met als enig gezelschap zijn hond en zijn chagrijnige, vechtlustige buurman. Om zijn dagen te vullen zweeft Hig in een oud vliegtuigje rondjes boven het uitgestorven land of trekt hij de bergen in om te vissen en te doen alsof alles hetzelfde is gebleven. Zijn leven is betrekkelijk veilig, maar ook eenzaam. Wanneer Hig via zijn radio plotseling een geluidssignaal opvangt, gloort bij hem de hoop dat er ergens ver weg een beter bestaan op hem wacht, iets wat lijkt op zijn oude leven. Hij besluit het erop te wagen en vliegt met zijn laatste restje brandstof verder weg dan hij ooit is geweest. De Hondsster is een adembenemend, beklemmend, maar ook hoopgevend verhaal over een romantische overlever. Peter Heller schrijft over het buitenleven in onder meer National Geographic Adventure en Outside Magazine. Hij reisde de wereld over in een kajak en schreef verschillende non-fictieboeken over zijn belevenissen. De Hondsster is zijn literaire debuutroman en werd in Amerika direct al een enorm succes. Het was een New York Times-bestseller en Boek van de Maand bij zowel Amazon als Barnes & Noble. Het boek zal wereldwijd verschijnen. `Het proza is duidelijk debet aan zinssmeden als McCarthy, Hemingway en Jack London, maar heeft ook lyrische landschapsbeschrijvingen en natuurassociaties. Het is altijd opwindend (en vrij zeldzaam) om te zien dat een journalist afwijkt van de geëffende paden om het onontgonnen gebied van de fictie te betreden, en er vervolgens zon briljant succes van maakt. John Seabrook, The New Yorker `Dit is het echte werk. Hellers stem is buitengewoon en zijn robuustheid als verteller verbergt een prachtige en bijtende rusteloosheid. Literatuur zoals het bedoeld is. The Wall Street Journal `De Hondsster van Peter Heller is een hemels boek. Het is een van die boeken die de lezer nog lang bijblijft, beurtelings aangrijpend, gelaagd en opwindend. A.J. Kirby, New York Journal of Books