β Scribed by Susan Cummins Miller
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
When colleague Dora Simpson asks Frankie MacFarlane to fill in as geology professor on a whitewater trip through the heart of the Grand Canyon, Frankie jumps at the chance. Eight days. Nearly two hundred miles on the river. One mile deep into the earth. What could go wrong? Everything. Frankie wrenches her knee on the first day. On the second, a solo kayaker forces her to choose between being gutted by a Bowie knife and drowning in the frigid water. Frankie chooses the river. Who wants Frankie dead? And why? As Frankie searches for answers, she discovers that one of her students is traveling incognito, fleeing a forced marriage. Has the Family tracked Molly into the Canyon? How can she escape when the few exit routes will be watched? The threads come together at Phantom Ranch, the only place in the Canyon where bridges link trails descending to the river from the North and South Rims. But will ecoterrorist wannabees bring down the bridges before anyone can escape? With the riveting suspense and acute attention to geological detail that readers have come to love, Frankie faces the Colorado River rapids and the perilous mystery at hand with courage, skill, and ingenuity.
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1 Thursday, July 7, Fort Tuthill County Park near Flagstaff, Arizona
2 Thursday, July 7, Tucson, Arizona
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4 Friday, July 8, Fort Tuthill County Park near Flagstaff, Arizona
5 Mile 35, Nautiloid Canyon Tributary, Marble Canyon
6 Mile 35.1, Colorado River, Marble Canyon
7 North Rim, above Mile 27, Marble Canyon
8 Mile 36, Bridge of Sighs, Marble Canyon
9 Mile 36.2, Marble Canyon
10 Mile 36, Bridge of Sighs, Marble Canyon
11 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Camp, Marble Canyon
12 Mile 36, Bridge of Sighs, Marble Canyon
13 Near South Canyon Point, North Rim, above Marble Canyon
14 Mile 36, Marble Canyon
15 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Campsite,Marble Canyon
16 Kaibab Plateau, near South Canyon
17 Mile 36, Bridge of Sighs, Marble Canyon
18 Below 36 Mile Rapid, Marble Canyon
19 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Campsite, Marble Canyon
20 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Campsite, Marble Canyon
21 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Campsite,Marble Canyon
22 On the North Rim above Marble Canyon
23 Mile 41.6, downstream from Buck Farm Canyon, Marble Canyon
24 Mile 41.6, South of Lower Buck Farm Campsite, Marble Canyon
25 Mile 41.2, Colorado River, Marble Canyon
26 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Campsite, Marble Canyon
27 North Rim, near South Fork Canyon, overlooking Tatahatso Campsite
28 Mile 37.9, Tatahatso Camp, Marble Canyon
29 Mile 43.5, Anasazi Bridge Camp, Marble Canyon
30 Kaibab Plateau, North Rim, above Marble Canyon
31 Leaving Tatahatso Camp, Colorado River, Marble Canyon
32 Mile 41, Buck Farm Canyon, Colorado River
33 Mile 53, Nankoweap Delta
34 Mile 53.5, Nankoweap Delta
35 Mile 53, Nankoweap Delta
36 Highway 89A, east of Jacob Lake, Arizona Strip
37 Fredonia, Arizona
38 North Rim
39 Mile 72.7, Unkar Delta, Colorado River
40 Mile 65.1, Carbon Camp
41 South Rim Ranger Operations Building, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
42 Mile 65.1, Carbon Camp
43 South Rim Ranger Operations Building, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
44 North Kaibab Trail, Twelve Miles from Trailhead
45 Mile 88.4, Beach below Bright Angel Bridge, Granite Gorge
46 River Mile 88, Approaching Phantom Ranch Boat Beach, Granite Gorge
47 Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Canyon
48 Phantom Ranch, Bright Angel Canyon
49 The Box, Bright Angel Canyon, North Kaibab Trail
50 Phantom Ranch Ranger Station
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