"A gripping debut novel about a survival reality show gone wrong that leaves a group of strangers stranded in the northern wilds Four strangers and six weeks: this is all that separates Mara from one life-changing payday. She was surprised when reality TV producers came knocking at Primal Instinct - the survival school where she teaches rich clients not to die during a night outdoors - and even more shocked to be cast in their new show, Civilization....

The author shares her efforts to to develop the strength and resilience to survive in the demanding landscapes of Norway and Alaska, amidst violent natural and human threats. "A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier...