To describe this book in two words: Wilderness adventure. If you like books about the raw wilderness of Canada's forests, this book is for you. A story of two men hired by the Hudson's Bay Company to ensure the honor system existing between the Indians and HBCO remains untainted by a defaulter. Set in a time when roads in Ontario's north country hadn't even been dreamed about, the story covers hundreds of miles over four seasons. It is likely that the details are more accurate and believable due to the fact that it is not a historical fiction but written as a current day thriller of 1904.