White River Crossing by McGuire, Ian

White River Crossing

A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the...
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Author: Ian McGuire
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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White River Crossing by McGuire, Ian

White River Crossing

$95.99 $49.71

White River Crossing

$95.99 $49.71
Author: Ian McGuire
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water

A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost's chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back.

Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton's brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory's whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw's callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences will only fully emerge once they reach their final destination. There, amidst the bleak beauty of the Barren Grounds, as Norton's carefully crafted plans begin to fall apart and the brutal arctic winter starts to descend, Hearn is forced to make a choice that will define his character and determine his future forever.

Utterly captivating, White River Crossing transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds--indigenous and European--collide with calamitous and deadly results.

Author: Ian McGuire
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.43w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9798217085705


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2026
Library Journal 12/01/2025 pg. 75
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2026

About the Author
Ian McGuire is the author of The North Water, Incredible Bodies, and The Abstainer. He lives in Manchester, England, where he teaches at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing.

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