Home Range

<I>Robert howled again and this time a single voice replied. Long haunting sounds beautifully modulated. They chilled Jo. Seconds later came a more distant wailing chorus. </P><P>We've got company Robert said. Two different groups. All three raised their binoculars. There said Jo pointing. </P></I><P>When Dr. Jo Settle a Michigan Tech University biology professor becomes involved with PhD student Robert Peterson she is unaware of his scheme to steal and relocate two packs of wolves from Wisconsin to a wilderness area in West Virginia. But events quickly spin out of control thrusting Jo from the placid groves of academe into a terrifying battle of wits and weaponry in the Appalachian coal country.</P><P>Jo's brother Cal a Civil War park docent recovering from failure in both his marriage and the dot-com bubble tries to help his sister navigate the treacherous dilemma with Robert. Jo's mentor Theo Rosenbloom head of Tech's biology department and Robert's lifelong friend Hassan a second-generation Arab American also become caught up in Robert's intrigue. </P><P><I>Home Range</I> combines a page-turning crime novel with a sober environmental sensitivity. Driving the plot are issues from today's news:</P><P>What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? In fact who is a native and who is an American? Do we have a duty to protect native species and our environment? And what do we lose for ourselves and our descendants if we don't?</P>