The Burning Valley

A Swedish botanist hikes into one of the most remote valleys on Earth, trusting her guide with her life—only to discover he's been leading her toward a secret he's kept for decades. Annika Söderberg came to Tasmania's roadless southwest to study how ancient forests survive fire. What she finds instead is a twelve-thousand-year record of Aboriginal land management, painted in ochre on hidden rock walls, and a desperate fight to protect it from destruction. The wilderness holds answers she never expected, but the cost of uncovering them may be higher than she imagined.