When High Water Chants was first published in 1977, The Globeand Mail praised it as "... a tour de force by a writer of promise . . " Since then Trevor Ferguson has established himself as a gifted novelist, a writer of wild, poetic stories, often darkly funny, and rich in meaning and myth. With every book his reputation and audience grows. The time is right, then, for a reissue of Trevor Ferguson's debut novel. High Water Chants, a fiercely exhilarating story about the nature of guilt, innocence and the truths of the past, set against a brutal fight for an unspoiled coastal island. With one of the most disturbing and suspenseful chase scenes through a rugged wilderness that has ever been chronicled, High Water Chants is a passionate and primeval read.

Trevor Ferguson is the author of seven novels under his own name and another three under his pseudonym, John Farrow. One of his novels became a feature film, The Timekeeper. Four of his plays have been produced, including an off-Broadway engagement and one seen by more than 22,000 patrons in a single run. He teaches creative writing at Concordia University and lives with his wife in Hudson, Quebec.

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