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"The Wind Is Not a River is Brian Payton's gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife--separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil--fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands. Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, he heads north to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government. While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as ""the birthplace of winds."" There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese. Alone at home, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband's disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she is--and what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows."

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. ..Payton seamlessly blends fact and fiction to tell the story of a lesser-known subject - the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands during World War - that's equally as meditative and just as informed as his nonfiction... ----The Oregonian (Portland)

Beautifully written, lyrical and elegiac, The Wind is a novel you must read...the battle for the Aleutians too often has been erased or forgotten and because John Easley's struggle to survive and Helen's struggle to find him form the most triumphant and heartbreaking love story I've read in years. --David Vann, author of Legend of a Suicide and Caribou Island

.. .Payton seamlessly blends fact and fiction to tell the story of a lesser-known subject - the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands during World War - that's equally as meditative and just as informed as his nonfiction... --The Oregonian (Portland)

What a great-hearted, beautifully written, and utterly riveting novel. It has a power that brings to mind the old Greek stories of war, love, and journey. --Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena and Nothing Gold Can Stay --Ron Rosh, bestselling author of Serena and Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Brian Payton has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. He is the author of two acclaimed works of narrative nonfiction and the novel, Hail Mary Corner. He lives in Vancouver.

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