Ryan Lane’s Reviews > The River > Status Update

In the few pages I managed to read in my limited time, Brian had racked his brain trying to remember anything about comas and how he would feed and water Derek, as well as just take care of him in general

The man who was with Brian was struck by lightning and knocked out

In pages 23-40, Brian returns to the wild, makes a plan to survive, and gets rained on enough to look like a drowned rat

Brian Robeson, famous for surviving the wilderness, is visited at home by three men in suits from a government survival school who ask him to "do it again," with a man named Derek Holtzer, on a wilderness training expedition to teach survival skills, much to Brian's initial reluctance but eventual agreement, leading to their setup in the woods where they abandon most supplies for authenticity.