Battle Mountain (Joe Pickett)
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4.2 • 185 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Outlaw falconer Nate Romanowski is off the grid and out for revenge in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box.
The campaign of destruction that Axel Soledad and Dallas Cates wreaked on Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett left both men in tatters, especially Nate, who lost almost everything. Wondering if the civilized life left him vulnerable to attack, Nate dropped off the grid with his falcons in tow to prepare for vengeance.
When Joe gets a call from the governor asking for help finding his son-in-law, who has gone missing in the Sierra Madre mountain range, he enlists the help of a local, a rookie game warden named Susan Kany.
As Nate and fellow falconer Geronimo Jones circle closer to their prey, Joe and Susan follow the nearly cold trail to Warm Springs. Little do Nate and Joe know that their separate journeys are about to converge . . . at Battle Mountain.
Customer Reviews
Loved it!
You know that feeling you get where you just can’t wait to get to the climax of a story and you want to know how it all ends while at the same time trying to pace yourself because you know once you get there the story will be over and you will have nothing more to look forward to. That is this book.
In preparation for the newest installment in the Joe Picket saga I re-read the last 10 books in the series. I could breeze through them because I knew I would get to know what happened next (so to speak) with the next book. As much as I look forward to the latest in the series I also mourn that once it’s done I will have to wait another year to see what’s going on with Joe Picket, Nate and the gang.
I loved the story, and the build up was great but I would have loved more than two seconds of cross over between Nate and Joe. My favorite books in the series are the ones where the two of them are working together and while I like their separate missions (so to speak) it’s always more fun when they are together. That being said, the action did not disappoint and it was nice to have some fun returning characters.
This particular title is more Nate heavy than Joe but it made sense why. My biggest critique would be for the book to be longer. More with Marybeth, more with Nate and Joe together. Just more. I realize this is just me selfishly not wanting the story to end and to have to wait another year but in all honesty the pacing was very good. The way Box makes Wyoming a character in the story was once again demonstrated brilliantly and David Chandler was excellent. The way he does Nate’s voice is my favorite.
You could read this as a standalone but I wouldn’t recommend it. You are missing a LOT of background information if you do that. If you don’t want to read/listen to every book before you read/listen to this one at least go back to book 15 (Endangered) in the series and start there. Then you will have the important bits needed to fully appreciate this novel. I know reading 10 books prior to reading one may seem like a lot but it’s worth it. Of course I recommend the entire series, but if you check out books 15-24 you should be caught up enough to appreciate this particular title to its fullest.
We need more like the Pickett family.
Joe, Mary Beth, and Nate never disappoint. Well crafted story with relevant social and news topics woven in.