"As Jon Krakauer did with Into the Wild, Blehm turns a missing-man riddle into an insightful meditation on wilderness and the personal demons and angels that propel us into it alone." -- Outside magazine

Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary National Park Service backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada -- mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. In this compelling true story, Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.

What happened to the most experienced ranger in the Sierra Nevada?

• A Gripping Detective Story: Follow the clues of a real-life search and rescue operation for a man who knew the wilderness better than the map, and whose disappearance baffled his own colleagues.

• A Riveting Biography: Discover the complicated life of Randy Morgenson, a legendary ranger whose passion for the mountains was matched only by the personal demons that haunted him.

• Wilderness and Solitude: A profound meditation on the allure and peril of the American wilderness, and the kind of person who seeks to lose himself within its vast, unforgiving beauty.

• For Fans of Into the Wild: If you were captivated by Jon Krakauer's chronicle of Chris McCandless, you won't be able to put down this masterful investigation into another man's journey to the edge.

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