A tale of two brothers in desperate straits and one high-stakes poaching trip in Yellowstone from a Dylan Thomas Prize shortlisted author.

In the Montana backcountry live two brothers who run a saw mill and do a little poaching on the side. Thad is the brains of the operation. His brother Hazen has a talent for tracking and hunting and getting himself into trouble. Together they have just about made it work, but now there are mounting bills, a leaky roof and winter is closing in. When a menacing figure known as the Scot offers them a risky but potentially lucrative hunting job in Yellowstone National Park, the brothers can't refuse, but before long the precarious nature of their lives and their bond is exposed. From a fresh new voice in American fiction, this is a propulsive, bracing story about the cost of survival set against the unforgiving wilderness of the American northwest.

"This taut, compelling novel explores the great outdoors-and a realm of moral uncertainty... A ferociously gripping book" - The Economist

"An atmospheric and superbly executed drama... The western trope of the strong, self-reliant individual contending with a lyrically described environment and its gnarled human inhabitants, driven by violent impulses and private moral codes, is upturned by Wink's close, convincing and unsentimental observation of people and nature... An emotionally rich and compelling piece of storytelling" - Guardian

"At once thoroughly wild and thoroughly intimate. The modest poetry of Callan's prose does justice both to the beauty of the wilderness and to the complexity of the brothers' relationship" - New Statesman

"A dual consciousness - of the sublime and exalted nature of the universe, and of its utter dispassion - flows through the novel" - Irish Times

"Wink knows his setting inside out... Definitely a writer to stick with" - Daily Mail

"Tense and gripping" - The Gloss