Books Cataract City

Cataract City is a gritty novel set in a Canadian border town near Niagara Falls, a place locals find difficult to leave. The story follows two childhood friends, Owen Stuckey and Duncan Diggs, who become close after a traumatic abduction experience as boys. As adults, their lives diverge significantly: Owen becomes a police officer, while Duncan gets drawn into the criminal underworld of bare-knuckle fighting and shady dealings. The novel explores their strained friendship, violence, and thwarted dreams as they are forced to confront their past and survive the "wilderness" of their lives once more.