In this “book of great power and tenderness” (Charles Foster), a quest for an elusive animal reveals the comfort of nature in a changing, uncertain world. “Deeply philosophical, addressing the questions that we are all pondering about our place in this world and the degree to which we are part of nature. A book for your bedside table.”—Catherine Raven, author of the New York Times bestseller Fox & I Fifty years after Dag O. Hessen encounters wolverine tracks on a ski trip with his father and follows them until they disappear down a steep passage, he’s back to search for the animal that escaped him. His father is long gone but the mountains are still there—and somewhere out there is a wolverine, an elusive creature of myth and mystery.