Michael Pahnke's novel, based on real events, tells not only and not so much about survival and revenge, but about courage and generosity. Wild West, 19th century. Hugh Glass, a hunter and pioneer, a member of General William Ashley's 1823 expedition to explore the headwaters of the Missouri, finds himself in a terrible scrape when he is attacked and seriously wounded by a grizzly bear. But this is not the most terrible test - Glass is betrayed by his friends in the detachment: frightened by the Indians, they abandon him, bleeding, and take all the provisions and weapons with them. But Glass, in spite of fate, survives. Now he has one goal - to take revenge.< /p>