Gene Woolworth had regularly visited his grandfather's remote Alaskan homestead since his childhood. Upon inheriting the property, it was a dream come true for him to live in the small log cabin and surrounding land that included twin mountains called Split Rock, a large pond, and the stream where he had often panned for gold. Unforeseeably, Gene’s idyllic paradise is disrupted by a combination of strange and complicated geological events―some deadly. Will he be forced to leave his beloved retreat, fortunate to escape with his life?
I wanted to give this a listen based almost entirely on a bit of nostalgia … and on that point it delivers. Of all the places I have lived, AK was the best experience that I have had. It is a short vignette that, as near as I can recall, is more or less solid on location and science, so props for that. However, the story itself was pretty slow … a simple mystery plot that might have been a science thriller in a longer format, but there was not really a lot of suspense (most of this was just confirming details on why animals were getting sick and dying … and given the science theme was reasonably predictable). Still … the narration was decent and I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
This is a I believe a true story of the last visit of Mr. Woolworth to his Alasken property 30 miles outside Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a geologist doing research and spends some time with a couple of Natives who have been friends of the family since his grandfather built there. Narrator does a good job with the entire storyline