Written by David Brill and published in paperback in 2017, “Into the Mist” contains 13 self-standing narrative chapters, each distinct in its subject matter but unified by the book’s overarching themes of death, disaster, danger, and heroic rescue. Now in its sixth printing, the paperback edition of the book remains one of the best-selling titles in Smokies Life’s 72-year publishing history.

“This was a difficult book to write because it’s about human beings — fathers, mothers, children who suffered untimely deaths and left behind grieving relatives — but these also are stories about human beings locked in a desperate fight for survival,” said Brill, who is currently working on a second volume, “Further Into the Mist.” “It’s not reflective of a macabre interest in seeing how people suffer but instead learning how humans conduct themselves in extreme situations.”

The e-book version of “Into the Mist” is available on popular digital book platforms. Both the paperback and e-book versions include a comprehensive appendix of Great Smoky Mountains National Park deaths up to 2013, listing the leading causes of death and most dangerous places. Learn more at smokieslife.org/into-the-mist.