Brian had his parents divorced because he caught his mother cheating on his father. So every once in a while Brian would go to his father's or mother's house and live there but one day it goes wrong when Brian's pilot suffers from a heart attack and dies during the flight. Brian try's to pilot the plane until the plane finally ran out of fuel and Brian was forced to land at an L shaped lake. He got attacked by my sorts of wildlife or scared by them such as moose's, wolves, bears, and porcupines. Also, he got one attack by a natural disaster, a tornado. Brian after getting his survival kit near the end of the chapter accidentally turns on the emergency transmitter/ radio and keeps it on which has saved his life because a passing fur trader/ buyer heard the transmitted static landed at the L shaped lake and brought Brian to safety.