Reviews"A great storyteller."-Tony Hillerman "A great crime novel."-Lee Child "A MUSCULAR FIRST NOVEL…Box writes as straight as his characters shoot, and he has a stand-up hero to shoulder his passionate concerns about endangered lives and liberties." - The New York Times Book Review "SUPERB…Without resorting to simplistic blacks and whites, Box fuses ecological themes, vibrant descriptions of Wyoming's wonders and peculiarities, and fully fleshed characters into a debut of riveting tensions." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Box's book has it all-suspenseful plot, magnificent scenery and a flawed male hero who is tough but truly connected to his family… PROFOUNDLY MEMORABLE." - The Boston Herald "A HIGH-COUNTRY PRESUMED INNOCENT that moves like greased lightning." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Synopsis"When a high-powered rifle bullet hits living flesh, it makes a distinctive--pow-WHOP--sound that is unmistakable even at tremendous distance." And so it begins for Joe Pickett, a Wyoming game warden who, with the shot of a rifle, is thrust into a race to save not only an endangered species, but to unravel a mystery that threatens the life and the family he loves...