Big Game

Oskari is a Finnish boy living in a remote mountain village who is just days away from his 13th birthday--but who must first pass an important test in order to become a man. Armed with a bow and arrow, he must spend a full day and night in the forest and hunt the most powerful animal he can find, who will determine what kind of man he will become. Not long after he sets out, the sky opens up and sends a strange object--and an unusual passenger--crashing down to the forest floor. He assumes it's an alien until the passenger introduces himself... as the president of the United States. Air Force One has been sabotaged and crashed, leaving the president to run for his life. Will Oskari's hunt prove that he is strong and brave enough to save both himself and the president? This action-packed adventure has been adapted into a major motion picture starting Samuel L. Jackson.

Dan Smith has lived in many places that inspire his writing - including Sierra Leone, Sumatra, Brazil, Spain, the Soviet Union, and Newcastle. His first novel, Dry Season, was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2011, and was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. He is also the author of My Friend the Enemy, Dark Horizons, The Child Thief, Red Winter, The Darkest Heart, and My Brother's Secret.