NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"Destined to become an adventure classic." --Anchorage Daily News
Hailed as "gripping" (New York Times) and "beautiful" (Washington
Post), The Adventurer's Son is Roman Dial's extraordinary and widely
acclaimed account of his two-year quest to unravel the mystery of his
son's disappearance in the jungles of Costa Rica.
In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old son of
preeminent Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman
Dial, walked alone into Corcovado National Park, an untracked rainforest
along Costa Rica's remote Pacific Coast that shelters miners, poachers,
and drug smugglers. He carried a light backpack and machete. Before he
left, Cody Roman Dial emailed his father: "I am not sure how long it
will take me, but I'm planning on doing 4 days in the jungle and a day
to walk out. I'll be bounded by a trail to the west and the coast
everywhere else, so it should be difficult to get lost forever."
They were the last words Dial received from his son.
As soon as he realized Cody Roman's return date had passed, Dial set off
for Costa Rica. As he trekked through the dense jungle, interviewing
locals and searching for clues--the authorities suspected murder--the
desperate father was forced to confront the deepest questions about
himself and his own role in the events. Roman had raised his son to be
fearless, to be at home in earth's wildest places, travelling together
through rugged Alaska to remote Borneo and Bhutan. Was he responsible
for his son's fate? Or, as he hoped, was Cody Roman safe and using his
wilderness skills on a solo adventure from which he would emerge at any
moment?
Part detective story set in the most beautiful yet dangerous reaches of
the planet, The Adventurer's Son emerges as a far deeper tale of
discovery--a journey to understand the truth about those we love the
most.
The Adventurer's Son includes fifty black-and-white photographs.
