NEVER SAY DIE

In the fast-paced tradition of Far North and Ghost Canoe, Will Hobbs delivers a suspenseful page-turner with danger at every bend.

At only fifteen years old, Nick Thrasher is already an accomplished Inuit hunter. After scoring a solid cut of caribou to bring home to his ailing grandfather, Nick loses his game to an aggressive and fearsome creature never before seen in the wild. Experts will soon be calling it a “grolar” bear because it looks party grizzly, part polar bear. Though he has lost his dinner to it, Nick knows his grandfather, Jonah, will be quite impressed by his story of escape.
Back at the village, however, Nick’s excitement is cut short by a letter from his estranged half-brother, Ryan Powers. Now a famous wildlife photographer, Ryan is coming to Nick’s part of the world to research and raft a remote part of the Firth River in search of huge herds of migrating caribou—and he has invited Nick along. Nick does not want to spend any amount of time away from his sick grandfather, let alone with a brother he has never even met before … But the promise of adventure ultimately changes his mind, and Nick agrees to join Ryan, hoping to return with many thrilling tales for Jonah.
Barely down the river, the two hit a solid block of ice that flips their raft and pins them underneath the deadly mass. Narrowly making it out alive, Nick and Ryan—on opposite sides of the river—are forced to survive with only the clothes on their backs. Cold and hungry, with fear of the grolar bear haunting their every move, the brothers must learn to trust each other, for split-second decisions and heart-racing discoveries are only part of what is ahead …
Will Hobbs is an award-winning author nineteen novels, including riveting survival stories such as Far North, Jason’s Gold, and Kokopelli’s Flute. Will lives with his wife, Jean, in Durango, CO.