Warden Force: Delta Ghosts and Other True Game Warden Adventures: Episodes 27-38 - Hardcover

by Terry Hodges (Author)

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.