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The Smoke Jumper (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper))

Description

His first novel, the international phenomenon The Horse Whisperer, became a publishing legend, setting a benchmark for contemporary bestsellers when it hit #1 on the New York Times list faster than any first novel in history.

He returned to enthrall his fans all across the world with his second triumph, The Loop, proving that here was a master storyteller of enduring power and appeal.

Now the acclaimed author delivers a searing new novel of love and loyalty, of guilt and of honor. In a story set against the epic backdrop of wilderness firefighting and frontline photojournalism, he gives his millions of readers another hero...The Smoke Jumper.

In The Smoke Jumper, Nicholas Evans delivers his most powerful novel to date, a story of two best friends and the woman they both love. When a terrible mountain fire forces her to choose between them, all three lives are changed forever. Here, Evans explores the territory her has carved out as his own: raw but complex emotion set against a vast landscape. Writing unflinchingly about the yearnings of the human heart and the painful quest for self-discovery, he gives us here a story of three fine people forced to walk the flames of passion and guilt and to make the devastating choice between love and honor.

The Smoke Jumper combines pulse-pounding suspense with an unforgettable love story that his readers all over the world will avidly embrace.

New York born and bred, Julia Bishop has no warning that spending the summer counseling troubled teens in Montana will change her life forever. Happily in love with smoke jumper and musician Ed Tully, she looks forward to spending the summer weekends with him in Missoula and is stunned and disturbed by the instant connection she feels to his best friend, Connor Ford. Connor, a Montana rancher and smoke jumper, loves fighting fires almost as much as he loves photography, and before the summer is barely started, he loves Julia Bishop just as deeply. The bond between the three is strong but the work of a smoke jumper is fraught with danger and the trio soon face death by fire. Survival changes their lives forever and places them on paths that divide Julia, Ed, and Connor just as surely as their individual journeys bind them irrevocably together. The Smoke Jumper is a tale of loyalty and guilt, honor and selfless love, and the human cost of choices made. --Lois Faye Dyer

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-07-06
Summary: "weak, weak book"

Not to be overly critical, but this is a very poor book from the author of a very good one (Whisperer). There is nothing that could be done with this manuscript because every single sentence is so mediocre. The book starts with a poor decision, opening with a runaway called Skye who is not a very important character in the book. (She should be, but she isn't.) The book should have started with the Ed bar scene, and Julia stealing his parking space. From there, the book only gets worse, empty sentences, half-hearted action -- even the finale, when Julia and Connor see each other, In Africa, they'd be running toward each other, they wouldn't be TALKING. Just a really poor book.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-07-05
Summary: "Worst book I have ever read"

This was by far the worst book I have ever read. I will never read another of his books and I think he should quit writing.

He jumps around so much in the story and it truly isn't about smoke jumpers. It is about a photographer being in Africa. The end was very predictable between Connor and Julia.

The language in the first three chapters and a couple towards the end was uncalled for. Those chapters would have been better without all of the swearing.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-04-18
Summary: "The Smoke Jumper brought me to tears"

The story goes all over the place, geographically and emotionally, and there are a lot of instances where narrative tells what dialogue could have better showed (a good editor could have remedied this in the revision stage with the author) but Nicholas Evans is still a wonderful storyteller. I liked the book very much. The Smoke Jumper features a realistic love triangle, but one that always stands true to honor first, always a good thing because then the characters really shine. There is excitement, love and loss, lots of danger and plenty of poignant moments that will have you grabbing for the tissue box. The details of smoke jumping were interesting, and although the book takes a turn away from that theme, it will be important later on in the story. Nothing could have prepared me for how much I liked all three of the characters. The bond of friendship was very well done and the story had me so immersed that I finished the entire (long) book in a single day. The pacing was uneven, but all in all, a good book with characters painted well and the strength of their love and respect for each other, a shining thread throughout.

It's not often that a romance with a love triangle can come out with a happy ending, but Evans delivered it believably and with suspense at the end.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-04-03
Summary: "The Smoke Jumper"

Fire fighting as a smoke jumper is a controlled way of playing with fire. There is always the chance of getting burned.
The story is your classical love triangle story but with a twist.
Two friends, both smoke jumpers, are in love with the same girl. Both men battle the raging fires in the forests and the fires burning inside their hearts. The lines between love, friendship, loyalty, and the meaning of life become blurred and hard to distinguish. When fate blinds one of the men, the girl decides to marry him and life changes forever for the trio.
The story is made mesmerizing by the way it's told, with detailed descriptions of places and events. You can almost feel the heat of the fire and the smoke stinging and burning in your lungs.
This action packed story is written in a straight forward way and it captured my interest and held it to the last page.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-12-17
Summary: "Masterful Use of Traumatic Events to Develop Plot and Character"

This book has everything I love in a story: slightly dangerous occupations (my writing regularly features EMS and military characters). War and chaos. A handsome, brooding male character. A love triangle ... and a happy ending (I'm a sucker for those). Evans did a masterful job of using traumatic events and showing how the characters develop because of (or in spite of) them. The 'voice' of each was authentic and even though there were four points of view (telling their stories) I didn't have any moments of confusion like I have in other books. The only weakness: the purpose of the moose-on-fire imagery was unclear to me, other than a vague notion of significance.