The Revenant
The Revenant
Author: Michael Punke
Desc: Hugh Glass isn’t afraid to die. He’s done it once already. Rocky Mountains 1823. The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is one of the most respected men in the company an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker.But when a scouting mission puts Glass face-to-face with a grizzly bear he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two men from the company are ordered to remain with him until his inevitable death. But fearing an imminent attack they abandon Glass stripping him of his prized rifle and hatchet. As Glass watches the men flee he is driven to survive by one all-consuming desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination he sets out on a three-thousand-mile journey across the harsh American frontier to seek revenge on the men who betrayed him. The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution. The novel that inspired the epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.