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The book begins with a close up view of a wolverine attack on a baited trap in the Canadian Rockies. The author, Dave Butler, uses this as a close up view of how beautiful and fragile the mountain environment can be. In this realistic work of fiction, we find Park Warden Jenny Willson working in Yoho National Park trying to determine the push behind a new ski resort within the park boundaries. Virtually everyone agrees that another ski resort in the Rockies is foolish. However, due to a minor rewording of a law protecting the national parks, both the provincial and federal government have a proposal on their desks. Surprisingly, both governments are actually considering it. Why? When a wolverine researcher dies under mysterious circumstance, Willson is forced to work with the RCMP to investigate the ski hill proponent’s role in the crime. What appears to be a straightforward investigation soon grows to endanger those closest to Willson.
This fast paced story brings economic development, road building and pipeline construction into the discussion. Although it is fiction, this book is realistic enough to be very timely and important. I enjoyed this book because it strikes at the heart of an issue that concerns us all today: economic development versus environmental conservation. I highly recommend this book to people that need a spellbinding story of how these two opposing factors may meet head on in real life.
I would like to thank NetGalley and Dundern Press for providing me with an advanced copy of this excellent book.
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