Echo: Living Wild with the Orions

In 2023 Echo was named BOOK OF THE YEAR by Children's Book International and won top honors in the Adventure and Realistic Fiction categories.

Echo is a thrilling wilderness adventure story for ages 8-108! Written by a wildlife biologist, it teaches wilderness survival, wildlife conservation, bushcraft, and natural history through compelling storytelling.

It was supposed to be a simple rite of passage, not a test of Echo’s wilderness survival skills. Will his handmade hickory bow and lessons from his Native American teacher keep him alive? Alone in the wilderness and badly injured, Echo fights for his life along the gurgling waters of Young Woman’s Creek. To survive Echo relies on lessons from his backwoods teacher, a part Native American woman named Luna Woapalanne. Hidden deep in the forest, Echo secretly follows clues to solve a Native American mystery that will complete a missing link in old Luna’s murky past.

Join Echo as he gains Luna’s trust and uses his knowledge of wilderness survival, bushcraft, and natural history to become a Sure Enough Mountain Man.