Ocean State Libraries

"A remote fishing cabin, a man and a woman, and a moonless night-- The River asks: when we find each other, are we trying to recapture someone we once lost?"--Back cover.

"In Yorkshire in the summer of 1994, a group of young friends set out on a fishing expedition to catch the legendary giant carp in a local pond."--

The Pellletier family is looking forward to a quiet weekend ice fishing. They share the same frozen lake with obnoxious Steve Cote and his son. The petty squabbles between the two families will be eclipsed by something that has awoken under the ice. Miles from civilization and with only a few inches separating them from the freezing water below, the Pelletiers and Cotes must find a way to work together to fight the creature that's out to hunt them....

During a winter flyfishing trip to Canada, two old friends, J.T.Van Zandt and Alex "Xenie" Hall, learn they've grown apart in more ways than one. J.T., the thoughtful even-keeled son of a songwriting legend believes there's more to fishing than catching fish. Short-tempered Xenie, a "firewood salesman," sees it differently and fishes like it's a race against the clock. Their different approaches to fishing and life emerge and clash on the snowy river...