Joe Pickett the conscious game warden in this rugged novel shows a tough and tender qualities that make him such a great guy to have on your side New York times, thriller writing at its best very best as big and broad as a Wyoming landscape painted in shades makes perfectly between dark and light the Providence journal, tightly crafted story with a sense of place. box makes you smell that soda sawmill burner and feel the cold of a Wyoming blizzard has Pickett struggles through the snow there's all the mystery of a cowboy Kate Denver Post, a slow burn thriller one of the most deliberate and sure-footed in the series. in many ways it is the roots novel a throwback to the earliest picket books where it's environmental theme and overlapping plot lines the threats are subtle and the mystery is compelling Arizona Republic, superlative the books key environmental issue enhances the satisfying conclusion also welcome our boxes underrated touches rye human generally overlooked as one of his strengths. serious fans and newcomers alike will be rewarded. Publish weekly star review