Fear Makes a Traitor

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Summary: A fantastic book!
Review: Attention campers and fishermen, here is a book you will enjoy. Join Hawk and his New York city-slicker friend, Jim, as Hawk tries to teach him the ways of the wild. Not an easy task at best. Their exploits at camping and fishing are so nicely detailed that even first-time campers would have no trouble in the woods. Even with Hawk's expertise, Jim was a little more than glad to get back to New York and civilization as he knew it.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. The story really centers on a hapless little fellow named Gully Wells, who'd somehow worked his way into becoming a Forest Ranger. No one knew exactly how he did it, but it was the pride of Gully's life. He could really feel important as a Ranger.

Gully hated logging companies and builders that required the lumber of the forest's trees. Any time he could he harassed the loggers with his close attention to red tape, or saw to it that they weren't cutting too near waterways. But in his zeal to protect the forest, Gully fell in with the wrong kind of preservationist group. The group was determined to protect nature in all its glory, by any means necessary. And this meant anyone that got in their way.

Unfortunately, a builder was in the process of constructing a new ski lodge nearby. And the skullduggery begins.

Read this story for all its detailed action. Deep and solid characterization combined with action, a gorgeous setting, and a thrilling climax makes this an overall fantastic book! You'll enjoy being out in the fresh mountain air, even without all the luxuries of life. And - well, what's a little gun fighting between neighbors?

Reviewed by: Shirley Truax

Editor with Zumaya Publishers

Member of: Reviewers International Organization (RIO)

Rating:
Summary: A surprise ending!
Review: Gulliver "Gully" Wells is a federal employee that loves to flaunt the "powers" bestowed upon him by virtue of his position with the U.S. Forest Service. Ranger Wells was also a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and filled with socialist ideals and utopian dreams.

Gully is drawn into a plan by a group of subversives that threatens the almost completed Bear Basin Ski Lodge. But when things begin to go awry, his dreams of utopia become a raging nightmare.

Fear Makes A Traitor is filled with descriptive text about the beautiful mountain scenery and envelopes the reader with a sense of being in the middle of the action. Mr. Heredia rounds out the reading experience by weaving several secondary characters into the storyline to create some mystery and intrigue. Fear Makes A Traitor is a believable plot that could take place almost anywhere with just a change of scenery. It really makes you stop and think about what could be happening right in your own back yard.

The surprise ending is sure to catch you off guard, as it did me. Get your copy today and enjoy this entertaining story.

Charles DeNosky,

Writers Unlimited Reviewer,

Member of Reviewers International Organization