Storm Watch
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3.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
PREORDER C.J. BOX'S THRILLING NEW NOVEL THE CROSSROADS NOW!
Joe Pickett investigates a mysterious death at a secret high-tech facility in this gripping new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box.
When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Game Warden Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries in his district.
First, Joe finds the professor's vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then he finds the professor's frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, Joe's investigation is obstructed by Federal agents, extreme environmentalists, and Governor Colter Allen.
Meanwhile, Joe's associate, falconer Nate Romanowski, is approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists who are gaining in power and influence, and demanding that Wyoming join other western states in seceding from the Union – by force, if necessary. They ask Nate to throw in his lot with them, but should he trust them, or is he being set up?
As a storm of peril gathers around them, Joe and Nate confront it in different ways – and maybe, for the first time, on opposite sides.
Reviewers on C.J. Box:
'The king of contemporary crime fiction set in the West' Publishers Weekly
'A masterful storyteller who writes sublimely' Irish Independent
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Political corruption and domestic terrorism hit the Rocky Mountains in this riveting thriller. When no-nonsense game warden Joe Pickett ventures out into an impending blizzard to find an injured elk, he discovers something quite different: a dead University of Wyoming professor, along with what turns out to be a secret tech facility owned by an Atlanta billionaire. Getting to the bottom of things is dangerous and dicey, as espionage, right-wing secessionists and national security trip up the dogged investigator. We loved the supporting characters (who help make C. J. Box’s long-running Joe Pickett series so intensely readable), like the outlaw falconer Nate and his fraught friendship with Joe. We spent much of this book wanting to discover how the people in Joe’s life would play a role in the dangerous events unfolding—and we were not disappointed. Packed with witty banter and fast-paced action, Storm Watch kept us on edge and entertained.
