Wild Man Island (2002)
“All the while I kept my sights on the two peaks I had to pass between. Luckily they were staying visible. So many days, there wouldn’t have been a chance. My ridge was going to lead me all the way to timberline. I shouldn’t run into any bears; they were down on the creeks gorging on salmon.
I was crossing Admiralty without a weapon of any kind. I’d accidentally left the stone-bladed knife behind when I fled the alcove. The wild man had probably discovered it, and he hadn’t given it back to me. ...I had to wonder if he was telling the truth about Angoon. Maybe Angoon was fifty miles to the north and as unreachable as Mars. Maybe the wild man was counting on the island to kill me.
I couldn’t tell. What I remembered most vividly was his saying that nobody had ever found his hideaway before. It was how he said it, his face, his eyes, his voice. He seemed to be telling me that he was at my mercy.
If he was telling the truth about Angoon, and I was shortly going to find my way out of this mess, he had taken a huge risk.MoreLess
I was crossing Admiralty without a weapon of any kind. I’d accidentally left the stone-bladed knife behind when I fled the alcove. The wild man had probably discovered it, and he hadn’t given it back to me. ...I had to wonder if he was telling the truth about Angoon. Maybe Angoon was fifty miles to the north and as unreachable as Mars. Maybe the wild man was counting on the island to kill me.
I couldn’t tell. What I remembered most vividly was his saying that nobody had ever found his hideaway before. It was how he said it, his face, his eyes, his voice. He seemed to be telling me that he was at my mercy.
If he was telling the truth about Angoon, and I was shortly going to find my way out of this mess, he had taken a huge risk.MoreLess
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