Being alone in the wilderness, he must learn to use his own tactics and instincts in order to survive. But, he ends up crash landing the vast forests of Canada. Seeing the condition of the pilot, Brian tries to take control of the plane and land it safely. During the course of his journey, the pilot of the plane suffers a heart attack and immediately dies. In the opening sequence of the plot of the novel, Brian Robeson is introduced as traveling on his Cessna 406 bush plane in order meet his father during one summer who used to live in northern Canada. It was titled ‘Hatchet’ and introduced the main character of the series as a 13 year old boy of divorced parents. The first novel of the Brian Robeson series was published in the year 1987 by the Atheneum Books publishing house. The novel is written with an alternate ending that serves as the opening sequence of the second novel of the series.

The novel went on to win the Newbery Honor Award of that year. Author Gary Paulsen began writing the series in the year 1987 and released the initial novel, Hatchet in the same year. The series is also famous by the names, Brian’s Saga and Hatchet. He uses his survival instincts and a small hatchet in order to remain alive in the wilderness and after a struggle of around 54 days he becomes successful in returning back to his home. The pilot of the plane dies on the spot and Brian Robeson is left alone, injured and desperate to get home. Once when Brian was on his way to meet his father in a passenger plane, it crashes in the wilderness. All the novels of the series deal with the life of the main character Brian Robeson and his survival tactics after getting stranded in the wilderness of Canada. The series is comprised of a total of 5 novels published between the years 19. The Brian Robeson series is a series of young adult, coming of age, and adventure novels written the well known American author Gary Paulsen.

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