Now， from the number-one bestselling author of The Horse Whisperer comes an epic thriller of the human heart. Two backcountry skiers find the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night， police work with arc lights and chain saws to dig her out. But identification doesn t take as long. Abbie Cooper is wanted for murder and acts of eco-terrorism， and her picture is on law-enforcement computers all across America. But just how did she die? And what was the trail of events that led this joyous， golden child of a loving family so tragically astray? In a journey of discovery and redemption， from the streets of New York to the daunting grandeur of the Rocky Mountains， The Divide delves into the dynamics of a fractured family and their struggle with the pain of lost happiness. Electrifying and heartbreaking， master storyteller Nicholas Evans s new novel delivers an extraordinary tale about the timeless power of nature， and about the yearnings， hopes， and disillusionments that connect-and separate -all men and women.