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.