Rowan Fielding

They set out to map a river. They found something far worse. When expedition guide Ethan Cole agrees to lead a company-sponsored survey into unmapped territory, he expects hardship. He expects conflict. He expects the river to test them. He does not expect it to change them. The maps are wrong. The food runs short. The weather turns violent. And the deeper they travel into the wilderness, the more the expedition fractures under hunger, ambition, and fear. A sponsor with hidden motives. A cartographer determined to record the truth. A crew pushed beyond endurance. When the first man dies, it becomes clear: the river does not forgive mistakes. And it does not forget the cost. As loyalties dissolve and morality bends under pressure, survival becomes a brutal equation - and not everyone will balance the ledger. River of Bones is a stark, immersive frontier survival novel about ambition, starvation, leadership, and the slow unraveling of civilization when the map runs out. For readers who love atmospheric wilderness fiction, morally complex survival stories, and character-driven historical drama.