THICKER THAN WATER « Geoffrey Carter

A Novel About Saving the Great Northwoods

A Cain and Abel Story

Geoff Carter’s new novel is an eco-thriller that takes place in northern Wisconsin. Eddy and Will LeBarron live in the same small Northwoods town of Moon Lake, but their worlds couldn’t be farther apart. When the two brothers unexpectedly inherit a vast tract of this unspoiled wilderness, their differences erupt into a head-on clash. Eddy is adamant in his plan to clear and develop the forest, but Will vows to stop at nothing to protect the land he loves. Their high stakes battle grows volatile, threatening to destroy not only the last of Wisconsin’s old-growth forests—but the LeBarron family and the entire Moon Lake community.

What Readers are Saying…

THICKER THAN WATER by Geoffrey Carter is a spellbinding story of family betrayal, love, and greed set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Carter masterfully weaves vivid descriptions of the lush forest and the small town of Moon Lake with the beautifully flawed characters. The tension in the story builds throughout the pages, ending in a climax that left me breathless. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time.
Gregory Lee Renz—award winning author of BENEATH THE FLAMES

Geoffrey Carter’s Thicker than Water shows the lengths to which two brothers will go to imprint their legacy on their family’s land in Wisconsin’s north woods. It’s a wild tale that rings true. From the first page to the last, I felt as if I were nursing a beer in a tavern Up North while eavesdropping on a particularly juicy family drama.
Lisa Kaiser, author, I Never Wanted To Be a Rock Star and Deep Cuts

Geoffrey Carter creates characters to care about and then uses crisp language to call a small town square dance of family intrigue, personal greed and the awesome—even crippling, power of the natural world. As good writing should, Carter’s words leave readers wondering–about their own fit into such things as family, community and, most of all, nature. There are no more important questions for an author to deal with than those. Take a bow, Geoff Carter!
Bill Stokes, author, Margaret’s War and Send the Kids on Ahead

In Thicker than Water, brothers Will and Eddy cherish the old-growth forest they inherit, but value the land for conflicting reasons. Eddy wishes to develop it while Will seeks to sustain and defend it. Thicker than Water is a gripping classic Cain and Abel saga. Both brothers made sacrifices in their father’s name, but neither can reach beyond the outside forces that seek to rule them. The ensuing head-on battle threatens the forest, the community, and even their lives.
Judith Gwinn Adrian, Ph.D., author of Nancer the Dancer: Myositis and Me, and other