num_pages: 272
description: A graphic novel about a brother and sister who must come together after years apart to face the disturbing history that has cursed their family.Derek Ouellettes glory days are behind him. His hockey career ended a decade earlier in a violent incident on ice and since then hes been living off his reputation in the remote northern community where he grew up drinking too much and fighting anyone who crosses him. When his long-lost sister Beth shows up on the run from an abusive boyfriend the two escape to a secluded hunting camp in the woods. There living off the land they reconnect with each other the painful secrets of their past and their Cree heritage...and start to heal. But Beths ex-boyfriend is hunting them. As he circles closer he threatens to shatter this newfound peace and pull both Derek and Beth back into the world of self-destruction theyve fought so hard to leave behind.
language: English
title: Roughneck
publisher: Gallery 13