The Killer Trees has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Amazon Breakout Novel Contest. Download a free excerpt at the site below.
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words; it is not a download of the full book. A ruthless government killer doesn't question assignments. Maybe he should.Richard Paladin works for a secret department of the Environmental Protection Agency eliminating terrorists, spies, and just general riff-raff who threaten the security of the United States. Of course, some of his "clients" seem more like pathetic losers than dangerous terrorists, but Paladin excels at his work, and he knows better than to ask too many questions. When a logging company's employees start turning up mysteriously dead, terrorist tree huggers seem the likeliest culprits. A multi-million dollar contract to harvest a national forest in Oregon hangs in the balance, and the President of the United States just happens to be good friends with the logging company's CEO. Paladin, America's top Environmental Protection Agent, gets the call. But he may be facing his toughest challenge yet—this time his adversary displays all the talents of a professional killer. Of course, there's more than one suspect in the tiny town of Ogloskie: is it Ruby, the local forest ranger; Dewaldo, the poetry-writing hiking guide; Walker, the suspiciously well-groomed outdoor-equipment sales representative; or Blue Feather, the mystical medicine-man living deep in the forest? To make matters worse, a ghost is said to haunt the woodland.In The Killer Trees, Richard Paladin's unique voice leads the reader through a terrain littered with corruption, cynical civil servants, local characters as dark as the shadows cast by the nearby mountains, and a government with a bent moral compass. The narrative blends elements of suspense and mystery, seasoned with a healthy dose of sarcasm and humor. It's an assignment that will require all Paladin's resourcefulness for his very survival.
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