Edge of my Seat

Last night I read, Edge of Nowhere by John Smelcher.  He is an Alaskan author and this is his third book.  Two other books he wrote are: The Trap, and The Great Death... and many others.

Did you like reading Hatchet?  Then this is a great book for you.  I always thought Hatchet was a great read, but I also thought even in all that work waiting for survival... he pretty much stayed in the same place most of the time.  This book reminds me of Hatchet... but that story dropped in South-East Alaska... with a dog... and more movement.

"When they had finished eating their lunch, Seth noticed that the tide was going out exposing the dark sea bottom.  He had seen movies in which people spelled out S.O.S. in large letters with whatever was at hand.  He hastily gathered light coloured rocks and spelled out the universal signal, thinking a plane would be able to see it.  He waited nearby on the beach for the rest of the day, hoping that they would soon be rescued.  While waiting, he and Tucker took a nap, tired as they were from staying awake all night watching the bears.  Little by little, hour by hour, the tide turned, poured inland, and drowned the stone-spelled letters.  — Only the fish and scuttling crabs would read it." 83

AR 6.0 ~ 5 points