When the Killing's Done

T.C. Boyle''s most powerful and fully realized work yet-terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant (The Washington Post).Principally set on the wild Channel Islands off the coast of California T.C. Boyle''s new novel is a gripping adventure with a timely theme. Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist spearheading the efforts to save the islands'' native creatures from invasive species. Her antagonist Dave LaJoy is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals whatsoever and will go to any lengths to subvert her plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence drama and danger When the Killing''s Done relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert for better or worse over the natural world.