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A Wild Dream Realized Whitefish author Christine Carbo publishes her first suspense novel, ‘The Wild Inside’
WBY MOLLY PRIDDY OF THE BEACON
hen we think of courage, there are often images of running toward fire or pulling com-
rades to safety at risk to one’s safety. There’s another facet to courage, though, one that is more subtle and quieter, the kind that pushes someone to go back to a place or a project they thought had defeated them.
For Whitefish-based author Chris- tine Carbo, writing her novel, “The Wild Inside,” presented a challenge requiring the bravery to go back to a craft she left for a decade.
“The urge to write hit me again after 10 years of not doing it,” Carbo said last week, sitting in her Pilates studio.
After answering the call to write again, Carbo penned “The Wild Inside,” a story of suspense and intrigue set in Gla- cier National Park, published this month by Atria Books, a subsidy of Simon and Schuster.
The novel follows the story of Ted Sys- tead, a special agent for the Department of the Interior who is called to Glacier Park after a person is first tied to a tree and then mauled to death by a grizzly bear.
Carbo takes creative liberties with Glacier Park’s real law enforcement setup, adding park police to the existing ranger system to allow for more layers in her mystery.
But one of the most intriguing aspects of the book is Glacier Park as a character
Christine Carbo released her new book “The Wild Inside,” on June 16. GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
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