For some reason I started this novel thinking it was going to be about some crazy hermit-type guy running around the mountains and tormenting a group of people. I have no idea why I thought that but I was very definitely wrong. Instead the novel is about a group of friends trying to relive the past and realizing it is not that easy.

Jeff Cameron is living a pretty normal if semi-problematic life when he is invited by a childhood friend to a reunion party of sorts. After thirty-five years, Jeff and some friends from the same tent are going back to visit the island that was home to their summer camp. Not all the memories are good ones though; when they were kids one of their friends drowned at the island. Now the five of them are reunited on the island. A reunion that brings up more than just memories.

On the surface, the story is pretty straight forward and semi-common: a bunch of friends are isolated in a remote location and become hunted by someone or something. Underneath that though is a lot more. The true story is about friendships: good, bad and old. It is about memories, distorted and real and how they can affect your life in the present. And it is about death and rebirth, finding that strength to not just carry on but to prevail. However, if you want to simply read the book and thrill in the suspense of what happens, you can do that too. It is not a long book so you'll likely zip through it faster than you expect. Either way there's a lot to experience and enjoy in this concise book. ( )