Warden Force

<p>A collection of <strong>13 award-winning short stories</strong> concerning the <em>true adventures</em> of California Fish and Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue. These stories illustrate the wide variety of wildlife-related problems wardens face in California which has a greater diversity of wildlife and wildlife habitat than any other state and is second only to Alaska in its vast expanses of wilderness.</p><p>The sixth season contains 13 more exciting adventures:</p><p><strong>Scum of the Delta</strong> - A lone warden faces three armed and dangerous outlaws at night on a lonely Delta island.</p><p><strong>Night of the Beach Walkers</strong> - Wardens set a trap for renegade abalone pickers on an Island off the California coast.</p><p><strong>The High Cost of Greed</strong> - A massive overlimit of snow geese equals bad news for greedy poachers.</p><p><strong>The Best Medicine</strong> - A young boy provides a cure for racial tension.</p><p><strong>Ordeal at Skull Canyon</strong> - A dark night and a mistake on an offshore island nearly proves fatal for a young warden.</p><p><strong>Hoffman’s Lucky Shot</strong> - A lucky break spares the evil life of a dangerous poacher.</p><p><strong>Moseley’s Reward</strong> - A well timed tip sets wardens on the trail of outlaw mountain lion trappers.</p><p><strong>Herpie and the Snake Lady</strong> - Wardens raid an absolute house of horrors and target lawless reptile dealers.</p><p><strong>Road Hunter</strong> - A road-hunting pheasant poacher leads a clever warden to pull off the most spectacular arrest of his career.</p><p><strong>Harold’s Toughest Race</strong> - A tough marathon-running warden amazes everyone by running down an escaping would-be rapist.</p><p><strong>Fatal Flaw</strong> - One dark mountain night a lone warden at great personal risk bluffs a lawless band of brush-cutters to arrest a deer poacher and a wanted felon.</p><p><strong>Tuffy’s Sweet Moment</strong> - An epic foot chase ends in near death for a fleeing violator.</p><p><strong>An Ending of Sorts</strong> - A warden-turned-writer one winter’s evening reflects on his career and that of his long-dead mentor</p>