A History of Wild Places

"A History of Wild Places" by Shea Ernshaw is a beautiful novel that will leave you with more questions than answers. 

In “A History of a Wild Place” Travis Wren is an expert in finding missing people. Often, he is the family's last resort before giving up. 

Maggie St. James is missing. She is a well-known author of macabre children’s books. Travis is taking the case and soon he is led to a dark place that people thought was a legend - Pastoral. 

Pastoral is a place of a simpler life. A place that does not exist on the landmap. And shortly after Travis’ discovery he disappears. 

In Pastoral people believe that this community is a safe bubble in an unsafe world. People are not allowed to get in or out in fear of bringing a disease into the community. 

Years after Maggie and Travis’ disappearance, Theo stumbles upon Travis’ truck outside the border of Pastoral. 

In the attempt to unravel the mystery of the abandoned truck secrets come out and it turns out that this safe world might not be as perfect as the members of Pastoral thought. 

Besides “A History of a Wild Place”, Shea Ernshaw is the bestselling author of “The Wicked Deep”, “Winterwood” and “A Wilderness of Stars”. In 2019 Shea Ernshaw won the Oregon Book Award.