A History of Wild Places has interesting characters and plenty of tension but in places there are sections where someone has abilities that are over the top, even for the world Shea Ernshaw created. There is plenty to like about this novel so if you can suspend disbelief enough to accept those, this is a great story.

There is an interesting theme of materialism vs living close to nature. This subject is common but Ernshaw handles the subject in an unbiased manner. I liked that.

I listened to the audio version. The volume was a little uneven so I had to keep turning it up and down but the readers were good and the performance captivating.