Fiction

Twisted Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail fosters unexpected outcomes for an escaped prison inmate and an Afghan war vet.

"There was something else pushing him along—a need to find freedom in the biggest way possible. He wanted to wrap himself up in this wilderness and see if he could survive. He wanted to hike till his muscles ached, then lay down in the pine needles like a bear. There were secrets out there he wanted to learn, maybe even secrets about himself. If he turned away from the trail, he might be turning away from the best thing that ever happened to him."