If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.

—Toni Morrison, novelist, 1931-2019

BOOKS

"Heart-rending. Once you start turning pages it’s hard to stop, which is the best you can say about a piece of writing.”

—The Washington Post

“#1...compelling reading.”

—Men’s Journal: Ten Best Adventure Paddling Books

"Perhaps most appealing...Walker's book is imbued with the excitement and wonder of discovery in a wild, exotic landscape."

—The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

“No one knows both sides of the Pak-Afghan Frontier as [Wick] does. He has climbed the mountains, run the rivers, and sipped tea in countless tribal councils. In these thirteen tales, he offers readers a boots-on-the-ground feel for life and operations in this topographically and culturally rugged region. ... this is the way it was.”

—Gary C. Schroen, leader of the first joint CIA/military team into Afghanistan following 9/11

… an insight into a world that bridges the near-mythic Great Game stories and the very real and just as exotic present day struggle. A contribution to history and literature. It blew me away.

–Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars, The River, and The Guide.

"Lt.Col. Wickliffe 'Wick' Walker (U.S.Army, retired) understands Afghanistan better than any Westerner has a right to."

—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Walker's guide will doubtlessly prove invaluable for those intrepid boaters who elect to explore the remote rivers of Pakistan. But it also makes interesting reading for those homebodies who like to pipe dream."

—Journal of the American Whitewater Affiliation