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Joe Picket returns this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park Deftly plotted and full of intrigue Free Fire is C J Boxs best novel yet Joe Pickett having recently been fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden is working on his father-in-laws ranch when he receives a call from the governors office Governor Rulon-a devious but down-home politico-has a special request one Joe knows he cant refuse For weeks the headlines have been abuzz with the story of Clay McCann a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a far-off corner of Yellowstone National Park After the murders McCann immediately turned himself in at the nearest park ranger station It seemed like a slam-dunk case for law enforcement-except that the crimes were committed in a thin sliver of land with zero residents and overlapping jurisdiction the so-called free-fire zone McCann had taken advantage of a loophole in the law neither the state of Wyoming nor the federal government can try him for his crime so he walks out of prison a free man Governor Rulon sensitive to the rising tide of public outrage over the McCann case wants his own investigation into the murders The governor will reinstate Joe as a game warden if hell go to Yellowstone to investigate Joe happy to get his badge back even under these circumstances agrees However it quickly becomes clear to Joe that McCann is deeply involved with some illegal activity taking place in the park-something tremendously lucrative and unusually dangerous As Joe and his partner Nate Romanowski search in the unlikeliest places to find the key to the murders they find out that it may be hidden in the rugged terrain of the park itself.
About the Author
C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-two novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France) , the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award (twice) , the Western Heritage Award for Literature, and 2017 Spur Award for Best Contemporary Western. The novels have been translated into 27 languages. Open Season, Blue Heaven, Nowhere To Run, and The Highway have been optioned for film and television. Millions of copies of his novels have been sold in the U.S. alone.Box is a Wyoming native and has worked as a ranch hand, surveyor, fishing guide, a small town newspaper reporter and editor, and he owned an international tourism marketing firm with his wife Laurie. In 2008, Box was awarded the "BIG WYO" Award from the state tourism industry. An avid outdoorsman, Box has hunted, fished, hiked, ridden, and skied throughout Wyoming and the Mountain West. He served on the Board of Directors for the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo and is currently serving on the Wyoming Tourism Board. He lives in Wyoming.
