At sixty-seven, Gavin Woodward knows he is running out of time.With cancer shadowing his future, he sets out to fulfil one of his boyhooddreams: a dog-sled adventure through the frozen wilderness of Alaska, inspired by the stories of Jack London and the reckless courage of youth.But the dream turns savage when a sledding accident leaves himinjured, separated from his dogs, and stranded in deep snow with a pack ofhungry wolves closing in. Armed with only a Bowie knife, a damagedshoulder, and a stubborn refusal to die, Gavin must fight, improvise, andendure the brutal cold long enough to find his team and make his wayback to civilization.His struggle for survival soon becomes more than a battle againstnature. In the wilderness he stumbles into the dark aftermath of murder, stolen gold, and two dangerous men desperate enough to kill again.Wounded, hunted, freezing, and far from help, Gavin must rely on grit, humour, and hard-earned instincts from a lifetime spent farming in Africato stay alive.When the trail finally leads him back toward his wife, Cindy, Gavinfaces one last test: not of strength, but of character. With gold within reachand honesty hanging in the balance, he must decide what kind of man hestill wants to be.Wolves and Scoundrels is a rugged survival adventure filled withdanger, dry humour, moral temptation, and the stubborn will of an oldman who refuses to go quietly.