The Last Season

"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.