The Sawyer is a novel set in the woods and towns of Northwestern Montana and the men who work in that setting. This story tells a tale of what happens to one of them when things go horribly wrong and how he finds his way back from tragedy to a new kind of normality. It is a story based on the power of friendship and the bond between men and women who have made difficult choices when faced with abnormal difficulties in an environment of some of the most beautiful natural beauty in the country.