A girl with a gun fights for survival in the American wilderness, in a tale that will enthral fans of The Hunger Games & True Grit. After the violent death of her father, in which she is complicit, Margo takes to the Stark River in her boat, with only a few supplies & a biography of Annie Oakley, in search of her vanished mother. But the river, Margos childhood paradise, is a dangerous place for a young woman travelling alone, & she must be strong to survive, using her knowledge of the natural world & her ability to look unsparingly into the hearts of those around her. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation & to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.