More than true crime, I am fascinated by true mysteries. A murder, we know what happened and are just trying to imagine *who*. A disappearance could be anything.

Justin Alexander Shetler was an experienced survivalist who thrived on the razor's edge. He often intentionally made life harder for himself, just for the challenge of it all. Like so many thousands of others seeking a spiritual epiphany, he headed to the Himalayas on a vision quest of sorts. He, like dozens of others in the Parvati Valley, disappeared. There are a myriad of possible causes, perhaps more than any other disappearance I've heard of, and the author does a fantastic job of introducing new dangers and weaving them into the mystery. The twinkle at the end, the smallist glimmer of suspicion that Justin may still be alive, is tantalizing.