The Willow Man

Duff Brenna’s fifth novel, The Willow Man , hurtles along in breathless pursuit of a notorious 18-year-old car thief, Elbert Earl Evans (aka Triple E), as he violates Minnesota probation and breaks for Alaska. On the road north, Triple E adopts the homeless 14-year-old Mercy Jones. Once in Yukon Territory, they themselves stranded in Whitehorse. There, Triple E locks in mortal struggle with a powerful, half-crazed sourdough named John Brown who mistakes Mercy for his long-lost daughter, Mamie. Brown kidnaps Mercy to the Tombstone Mountains and the hunted fugitive Triple E, now becomes the hunter, charging into the teeth of Yukon winter to track Brown and Mercy down. On the surface, The Willow Man is the tale of a rugged manhunt. Beneath the surface run deeper currents of courage, devotion, loyalty, love, and a young man’s quest for personal redemption.