The Mighty Esox: A Supernatural Mystery Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798395322296)

FINALIST- 2023 American Fiction Awards

In August of 2017, after his grandfather's funeral, James Roslyn unexpectedly finds a peculiar and decades-old note that was written by his grandfather and hidden between the pages of a book. Inside of the note, James's grandfather (Hugh Casey) describes a mysterious village upon an Ojibwe reservation concealed deep in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Casey details how he discovered the village by accident in his youth and was invited to spend several days with the tribe. Over the course of those few days, the village-with its people, landscape, and culture-impacted his beliefs and the course of his life forever.
However, after reading the note, James is acutely aware that his grandfather never returned to the village-despite always meaning to and even asking James to drive him there several months before his passing.
James, being in the midst of several personal struggles and wrestling with his own regrets, becomes determined to find the elusive village and travel there to honor his grandfather, say goodbye, and rectify his own perceived mistakes.
James enlists the help of his older brother, Alan Roslyn, and the pair pack their car full of fishing and camping gear before traveling north in search of the reservation. When they arrive at the hidden town known as Aanakwad, they camp in the woods along the river and plan to stay for seven days.
However, the two brothers come to discover that everything in front of them is much more than it seems.
The Mighty Esox is told from James's perspective as he details the profound week that he spent in Aanakwad five years earlier-where he rediscovered love, was challenged to reconsider everything he thought he knew, developed a fiery obsession with catching a state-record-sized fish, and unexpectedly found himself as an essential character within a supernatural mystery that he was unable to see as it was unfolding.


Author: Christopher Agrella, G. Edward Martin
ISBN-13: 9798395322296
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2023
Pages: 370
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
PW Booklife Reviews 09/25/2023