Towards Polaris: A Story of the Adirondack Foothills

A young man just acquitted of murder returns to this small town not far from the Canadian border. A newly arrived music student doing her practice teaching in the town, full of new ideas of love and sexual freedom, tries to protect him from the vengeance of several townspeople. Uncomfortable with the pair's unorthodox relationship, threatened by the disruption to the carefully guarded order of their lives, and fearful for the young girl's safety, this small, provincial community must decide how to confront the challenge it poses. Mason Smith's new novel is an exuberant, often hilarious celebration of the human voices of a distinct place created in lively distinctive prose.