WhenashatteredkayakandcampinggeararefoundonanuninhabitedislandinthePacificNorthwest,theyreigniteamysterysurroundingashockingactofprotest.Fivemonthsearlier,logger-turned-activistGrantHadwinhadplungednakedintoariverinBritishColumbia’sQueenCharlotteIslands,towingachainsaw.Whenhisnight’sworkwasdone,auniqueSitkaspruce,165feettallandcoveredwithluminousgoldenneedles,teeteredonitsstump.Twodayslateritfell.AsvividlyasJohnKrakauerputsreadersonEverest,JohnVaillanttakesusintotheheartofNorthAmerica’slastgreatforest.
