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The River: The Sequel To The Book
The River is the sequel to the novel, Hatchet. In this book, Brian Robeson returns to the wild, but this time he goes to a new location with Derek, a psychologist who works with the government to teach people to survive in situations like the one Brian experienced after a plane crash left him stranded. This trip seems too easy to Brian until a freak lightning storm makes an easy situation ten times harder.
Derek Holtzer and two men from the government come to Brian Robeson's house to ask him to go back into the woods. Brian has just gotten past the fame earned when the plane crash left him stranded in the woods and now the government wants him to do it again. Brian dislikes the situation, until he learns that the experience will be used to
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The next day, after a fall during a search of the area around the lake, they find not only a flint, but a natural shelter created by a fallen tree. Within days they have gathered enough food and wood for weeks and created a hospitable shelter. With little left to do, Brian begins to worry that the entire journey has been too simple and Derek will never learn.
Late that night, Brian is awakened by the sound of thunder. Convinced a rainstorm will not reach them in their shelter, Brian goes back to sleep. When Brian wakes again, he hears thunder like he has never imagined before. Brian immediately moves further back in the shelter. Derek wakes as well, but he moves toward the briefcase and radio. Lightning strikes a nearby tree and then Derek. Brian is hit aswell and wakes the next morning to find Derek in a coma.
Brian is confused and does not know what to do for Derek. Brian tries to call for help, but the radio was broken by the lightning. Brian places Derek upward and tries to feed him water, but it only causes Derek to choke. Afraid that Derek will die before anyone worries about them, Brian decides their only choice is to raft the river to a trading

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