Brian Robeson

Brian Robeson is a thirteen year old boy. Brian’s parents have recently gotten a divorce for reasons that only Brian and his mother understand. Brian saw his mother with another man a short time before she asked for a divorce. This secret weighs on Brian, but he has not been able to tell his father about it.

Brian is on his way for his first court ordered visit with his father. Brian’s father works in the Canadian oil fields, so Brian is flying with a supply plane to meet him. During the flight, Brian’s pilot has a heart attack and dies. Brian is able to crash the plane into a lake with what little he knows about planes from television and what the pilot showed him. Now Brian is alone in the wilderness with no previous experience to help him survive.

At first, Brian...