Description
A collection of 12 award-winning short stories concerning the true adventures of Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. Delta Ghosts – A team of wardens ambush outlaw gillnetters at Grizzly Bay, in the same Delta waters patrolled 80 years earlier by Fish Patrol Warden and famous writer, Taylor London . Smooth Operator – Wardens stalk a cagy and arrogant abalone-poaching commercial sea urchin diver. Time Bomb – A dangerous and mentally unstable deer poacher proves highly troubling for pursuing wardens. Cheaters – An inexperienced warden consults an old pro of his profession to capture a pair of super-wary striped bass snaggers. Tigers Revenge – A cocky and confident salmon poacher makes the mistake of “pulling the tail of the tiger,” that is, taunting a local game warden. A Calculated Risk – Despite a comedy of errors, wardens close in on highly destructive pig poachers. Killer John – Future serial killer? Wardens deal with a scary deer poacher and born killer. New Talent – A new warden astounds a mentor with his almost super-human sensory skills. Slow Learners – A once major league pitcher proves to be a highly interesting adversary for wardens. Davie Crockett and the Bush Baby – A Hollywood stunt man and elk poacher tangles with border wardens. Then Came Speedy – A Peruvian sheepherder and a small sheepdog pay dearly to save their sheep from marauding bears in high meadows of the Sierra Nevada range. Lethal Intent – Would-be assassins are thwarted by a fearless warden who puts his life on the line for the intended victims.
