NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day
explorer.
Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it
stood near the foothills of the remote Mealy Mountains in central
Labrador. Today it is an abandoned ghost town, almost all trace of it
swallowed up by dark spruce woods that cloak millions of acres.
In the early 1900s, this isolated little settlement was the scene of an
extraordinary haunting by large creatures none could identify. Strange
tracks were found in the woods. Unearthly cries were heard in the night.
Sled dogs went missing. Children reported being stalked by a terrifying
grinning animal. Families slept with cabin doors barred and axes and
guns at their bedsides.
Tales of things that "go bump in the night" are part of the folklore of
the wilderness, told and retold around countless campfires down through
the ages. Most are easily dismissed by skeptics. But what happened at
Traverspine a hundred years ago was different. The eye-witness accounts
were detailed, and those who reported them included no less than three
medical doctors and a wildlife biologist.
Something really did emerge from the wilderness to haunt the little
settlement of Traverspine. Adam Shoalts, decorated modern-day explorer
and an expert on wilderness folklore, picks up the trail from a century
ago and sets off into the Labrador wild to investigate the tale. It is a
spine-tingling adventure, straight from a land steeped in legends and
lore, where Vikings wandered a thousand years ago and wolves and bears
still roam free.
In delving into the dark corners of Canada's wild, The Whisper on the
Night Wind combines folklore, history, and adventure into a fascinating
saga of exploration.
