***SPOILER ALERT*** This novel is the first in what is planned as a series of novels set in a fictionalized Woodstock, New Brunswick. This novel is set in the 1960s just before the Mactoukauac Dam opened - changing the course of the Saint John's River and the geographical layout of the town forever. The main character is a young teenager who is on the fence about the effects of the change. On one hand he believes in progress but over the course of the novel he realizes that change for the sake of change is not a real answer. The novel is set up in a series of episodes revolving around his and his friend's life. A particularly funny moment is when a friend who always carries a copy of the epic of Gilgamesh around in his back pocket names his table Hockey team after the ancient gods. At the end of the novel the main character and a couple of friends set off on a big trip down the river to Fredericton and are the last boat to pass through the river before the completion of the dam. I liked the novel because it reminded me of the fixed link debate and the mixed worldviews people has on that society changing structural innovation.