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Peter Heller has never been a stranger to the wild adventures and dangers the great outdoors bring, and in his latest novel The River , he takes us on an expedition drawing from the best and worst of both worlds. The story follows two best friends since college orientation who decide to go on a canoeing trip, only to find themselves in the throes of a giant forest fire. What's more, they come across a man who claims to have lost his wife in the forest, but something's not right...

Pirate stories have fascinated mankind, especially children, probably ever since all their murderous antics and unhygienic lifestyles were forgotten. Though there may have certainly been much less glory and cleanliness to the stories of famous pirates than we were led to believe, it doesn't change a fact that some of them have managed to achieve downright legendary things, at least from a criminal's perspective.