Nate Romanowski has lost
everything… his wife, his business, his self-respect, his belief in
government. While Joe and Mary Beth Pickett
agree to foster Nate’s young daughter and Sheridan Pickett takes over his
falconry business, Nate goes off the grid to recharge and plan revenge against
his nemesis Axel Soledad. Soledad and
his anarchist buddies are planning an attack on a group of power brokers and high
ranking politicians who meet each year at a lodge in Wyoming called Battle
Mountain. (Apparently something similar to this really happens.) Nate tracks Soledad to this meeting
point. Meanwhile, much to Joe’s apprehension,
Wyoming Governor Rulon has a special assignment for Joe. Seems the governor’s son in law, an up and
coming IT wizard and therefore, a soft, desk jokey has taken the governor’s
challenge to shadow a well-known elk hunting guide in an effort to toughen
up. The governor panics when his son in
law and the hunting guide disappear in the wilderness. Joe is assigned to quietly find them. Coincidently (a little too so) and
unknowingly, Joe and Nate are separately headed to the same destination, Battle
Mountain where things are sure to ‘get western.’
Great book. Great story
telling. Great suspense.
I was fortunate to attend C.J.’s book tour session at the St. Louis County Library where Box visits annually to promote his latest completed work. I think he said this was the sixteen time. I’m always amazed how loyal and intense his fans are. They call him out on every minute detail and encourage him to include more Nate Romanowski involvement. Decked out in his black cowboy hat and shiny boots, he takes it all in stride with his calm cowboy demeanor.
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