The Darkest Path

Bear's Story

By Jeff Hirsch

2016

First Published

4.28

Average Rating

214

Number of Pages

6H32M

Audio Length

Set nearly a year after the conclusion of Hirsch’s 2013 book The Darkest Path—a survival adventure following a former child soldier named Cal Roe caught in the midst of the 2nd American Civil War—this short novel continues the story entirely from the point-of-view of Cal’s faithful dog, Bear. After a tragic loss in the family Cal entrusted him to in The Darkest Path, Bear feels compelled to recall his past—from being brought up on an Arizona farm by an idealistic but conflicted young woman, through the violent rise of The Glorious Path, to the moment he finally meets his friend Cal in the desert. In both the past and the present Bear struggles to find his place in the world while trying to understand man's violence and the loss he seems to experience at every turn. Part prequel and part sequel, The Darkest Bear’s Story is a fast-paced and exciting ride for readers twelve and up.

Avg Rating

4.28

Number of Ratings

5 STARS

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4 STARS

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3 STARS

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Author

Jeff Hirsch

Author · 8 books

Here are some things about me. I live in an extremely Brazilian section of an extremely Greek neighborhood—Astoria, Queens, which is just to the right of Manhattan. (That's as you face Manhattan. If you were, say, lying on your back in the middle of Central Park with your head in a northerly position, we would be to your left) I live there with my wife who has a blog and our two cats who do not. One day I hope to have a very large dog that I can name Jerry Lee Lewis. I used to write plays (I actually have an MFA in it, which is currently number 8 on US News and World Report's annual list of the top twenty most useless masters degrees) and now I write books for teens. I've written two. One was about a girl who wanted to be a rock star and could graciously be called a learning experience. The second, is The Eleventh Plague and it comes out Sept. 1, a fact I still find pretty amazing.