My name is Jake Tama. Well, Captain Jacob Ezekiel Tama, if you want to get formal. I'm a riverboat captain, and I have been around rivers all my life. Oh, I did spend some time on the ocean in the Navy. Then sixteen years as a policeman-homicide, mostly. But even then I drove boats. Then I bought my own excursion boat, and the business was good. And that is where my problem started -- crime, murders, mostly. Everywhere I go something happens to get me drawn into resolving a mystery, even worse than when I was a cop. I was even accused of committing murder. Then I was almost a victim. And yes, I've had a few romances along the way. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Just read the book!

River Runner Jay Young led his new bride, Rachel Waters, into the Crack, a Canadian whitewater deathtrap. Once arrogant and self-confident, he now relives the accident's horror through reoccurring nightmares. In every element of his existence dread remains omnipresent, attacking in the darkness and gripping him in its icy talons. During the time period immediately following the accident, Jay experiences overwhelming grief and wanders around Western Canada in a drunken stupor for nearly two years before migrating south and landing in the Ashton, Idaho jail drunk tank. Two old friends find him, bail him out, and start him on the road to recovery. Alex Winston meets Jay on a Great Lakes sea kayak adventure in Lake Superior's beautiful Apostle Islands. She finds him to be attractive, mysterious, and tormented, and decides that she will do whatever it takes to deliver him from his guilt and fear.

This is an international guide to the legendary rivers of the world. It gives the reader all the information needed to plan an expedition, including maps of 50 rivers with photographs, mile-by-mile descriptions of major rivers and personal stories from boaters who have been there.