"Chris Rowe is on the run. When he steps off the train in Campkin, two days northwest of Winnipeg, he is looking for a meal and a place to hide. An elderly farmer invites him to join a harvesting crew, and Chris believes he has found safety at last." "Chris soon discovers the secrets of the man who has hired him. Repulsed by what he has learned yet afraid to move on, Chris constructs a fantastic dual existence, part hardened criminal, part obedient boy. But Chris's illusions begin to dissolve when he realizes he can never outrun himself."--Jacket.