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On Dangerous Ground
In both the raw magnificence of the Alaska Range and the sleek boardroom of a major nature magazine, only the fittest — and most savage — will survive.
In the remote wilderness of Alaska a mammoth grizzly bear is wounded and on the rampage. He has killed once. He will kill again....
In the remote wilderness of Alaska a mammoth grizzly bear is wounded and on the rampage. He has killed once. He will kill again....
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First published January 1, 1989
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Did Not Finish
September 6, 2026DNF @ 200 pages
What a slog.
I thought this was going to be a back country survival sort of book with a rampaging Grizzly bear, instead it's a book about a failing wilderness magazine called "In Wildness" and with a title like that...how did they expect it not to fail? seriously of the 2o0 or so pages I read it was just long boring chapters about this magazine and how its hemorrhaging money and how it's a failure. There's two men fighting to be the one to save the magazine. And then there were random chapters about one of the men having an affair with the other's wife- who's separated with zero chance of reconciliation that added nothing at all to the story.
I'd be remiss not to mention the few pages sprinkled in from the bears POV and these were awesome. I really enjoyed those and wish the book focused on the bear and not the snoozy world of magazine publishing. I did also sort of enjoy the sections of the book from the family living and homesteading in Alaska. There were hints at a good, engaging story in here, but this was not it.
What a slog.
I thought this was going to be a back country survival sort of book with a rampaging Grizzly bear, instead it's a book about a failing wilderness magazine called "In Wildness" and with a title like that...how did they expect it not to fail? seriously of the 2o0 or so pages I read it was just long boring chapters about this magazine and how its hemorrhaging money and how it's a failure. There's two men fighting to be the one to save the magazine. And then there were random chapters about one of the men having an affair with the other's wife- who's separated with zero chance of reconciliation that added nothing at all to the story.
I'd be remiss not to mention the few pages sprinkled in from the bears POV and these were awesome. I really enjoyed those and wish the book focused on the bear and not the snoozy world of magazine publishing. I did also sort of enjoy the sections of the book from the family living and homesteading in Alaska. There were hints at a good, engaging story in here, but this was not it.
September 21, 2020
The back of the novel says that Lamar Underwood is an experienced magazine editor and outdoorsman, and this is very obvious by the story. He’s incredibly knowledgeable about the Alaskan wilderness, grizzly bears, and the inner workings of magazine production, but that last topic takes up significantly more time than the marketing indicates.
This is more of a business drama with a killer bear than it is a straight horror novel. Had it been advertised as such, I wouldn’t have been interested, but having read it I can say it was competently made. It’s a fine book, just not the book the cover claims it to be.
This is more of a business drama with a killer bear than it is a straight horror novel. Had it been advertised as such, I wouldn’t have been interested, but having read it I can say it was competently made. It’s a fine book, just not the book the cover claims it to be.
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