The Spotting Scope
Author | : David Carle |
Publisher | : Phalarope Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781475200546 |
ISBN-13 | : 1475200544 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "I thought I was in the forever business. National and state parks are supposed to preserve special places for all time. A certain job security had always gone along with that idea if you were a park ranger. But I've learned to never say forever." Jack Morgan had been a park ranger at Saline Lake until the National Monument was shut down by a Congress determined to push back against environmentalism. Leading a search for a 17-year old boy hiking alone in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Jack uncovers connections with a dead man on the shore of Saline Lake, bludgeoned with a birdwatcher's spotting scope. Tensions build in the local community as Jack's knowledge of the landscape reveals a murderous plot that may end his own life, fueled by the inflammatory rhetoric of "People First!" radicals.