Nevertheless I'm gonna do one by memory. (With a tad of cheating by looking it up on Amazon) I'm also cheating by posting mine about five hours early.
Back in the 1993 I was a college student. My major was wildlife biology and I was still trying to decide if I wanted to go the law enforcement route and become a game warden or go the science route. Funny, postal worker was no where in the equation.
Anyway, long about this time I picked up a paperback by author Ken Goddard titled, Prey.
The novel's protagonist was Henry Lightstone, a covert special agent of the Us Fish and Wildlife service. Of course he battled all kinds of bad guys, from crazy Cajun poachers, to corrupt CEOs of big businesses. The character appeared in future books and always the setting had to do with hunting, the outdoors and the environment. Needless to say I ate it up. There were several books in the series and I read them all, but Prey was the one that got me hooked. Check it out of you can find a copy. There area f ew lsited on Amazon.Adding credibility to the stories was the fact that the author, Ken Goddard was the director of The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.
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Interesting link between your trajectory and this book, Travis.
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Sounds interesting. I thought when I saw the title you were going to talk about the Sanford series.
A covert special agent of the Us Fish and Wildlife service sounds refreshingly different.
Of course there is also the book "prey" by Michael Crichton. Little nano-bots want to make humans into minced meat.
No particular connection to what you wrote about but always willing to throwing in a pitch from left field.
forgotten book- sounds interesting! How about books you can't forget because you never finished reading it and can't remember the name of?? Hmm I wonder if i could do a google search on the bits I do remember?!? Only thing stopping me is the thought of all the scary things I would have to seach through since the book was a bout the crime of necrophelia by funeral home workers. I remember one of the characters could only have sex with his gf after she bathed in an ice bath. No wonder my father took one look and the dust cover and made me return it to the library- no appropriate reading for a 17 y/o
I have this one, but haven't gotten to it yet. Need to dif it out, I guess.
I have read First Evidence and Outer Perimeter of his though.
I recall reading his first couple of books, Balefire, the Alchemist and Digger back in the late 80s and early 90s. I recall enjoyed them... I just might have to pick up one of his later books.
I'm always looking for a good read. Thanks for the suggestion.
I appreciate stories about the big outdoors so I'll be looking this up. Thanks, Travis.
I love it when the protagonist has a job like the author's. And I'm like you with Patti's great Friday Forgotten Books round-up. I always have good intentions, but don't always follow through. Glad you did!
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