A how-to survival guide taking form as an essay collection about being in the natural world among predators. This book could save your life. Stripped of civilizations safety net, human frailty in the face of a predator's teeth and claws makes us but another link in natures food web. What would you do if a 600-pound grizzly bear approached your campsite during an evening rainstorm in Denali? How would you react if you heard a wolf growling just a few feet away at night outside of your tent in Yellowstone? Would you be able to survive alone in remote Alaskan wilderness after your kayak fills with water on a cold rushing river surrounded by hundreds of hungry coastal brown bears? Have you experienced the electric jolt of a charging tiger in the wilds of India and lived to tell the story? Could you find your way back to civilization after losing your map while trekking across a maze of frozen lakes in the BWCAW. Our reactions can make the difference between surviving and not. By reading this book you will gain insight into surviving these and other nerve-wracking situations in the wilderness.