What would you make of landowners falling prey to mysterious crop failings, unexplained livestock die-offs, arson, and murder while hundreds of thousands of acres of ranches, farms and pristine wilderness seem to vanish off the tax rolls and wind up in the hands of a shadowy entity?
Two people find themselves in the center of an environmental vortex, sorting through all the strange coincidences and wondering how the pieces fit to complete the puzzle.
Former newspaper publisher, Anthea Keller, and a retired cop turned college instructor, Gary Mathers, meet in the Idaho backwoods only to land in the midst of the land scam. Personal upheaval driving them from the big cities of Los Angeles and Portland the previous year, the last thing on either one's wish list right now is a relationship...
any relationship.
Land Barons
Land Barons is the first book in the Baron Series of suspense novels that rely on solid research of environmentalist influence on American lifestyles, touching on the long reach of government regulation and media/corporate power. Anthea Keller is seeking a peaceful place to ply her trade as a PR agent. Instead, she finds herself in the center of a land scam, drawn in by Gary Mathers, an ex-cop who just can't reconcile the deadly misfortunes of local property owners forced to sell off assets. And who is waiting in the wings to snap up the firesale deals?
What does a former newspaper publisher do when journalists won't cover the facts? Write about it.
That's what Kristenev is doing in the Baron Series.
A. Dru Kristenev is a former newspaper publisher and editor who carries a Master of Science Degree. The author teaches at the foremost colleges and universities in the inland Northwest.
Read all four books:
"Land Barons" - Environmental politics and land scams lead to murder;
"Gold Baron" - A journalist uncovers the ugly, and deadly, underbelly of national politics;
"Energy Barons" - Explosions trigger blackouts, disappearances and death in the West;
"Blood Barons" - Vanishings connect sordid research and a primordial treasure hunt.
You'll wonder if it's really fiction!
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What would you make of landowners falling prey to mysterious crop failings, unexplained livestock die-offs, arson, and murder while hundreds of thousands of acres of ranches, farms and pristine wilderness seem to vanish off the tax rolls and wind up in the hands of a shadowy entity?
Two people find themselves in the center of an environmental vortex, sorting through all the strange coincidences and wondering how the pieces fit to complete the puzzle.
Former newspaper publisher, Anthea Keller, and a retired cop turned college instructor, Gary Mathers, meet in the Idaho backwoods only to land in the midst of the land scam. Personal upheaval driving them from the big cities of Los Angeles and Portland the previous year, the last thing on either one's wish list right now is a relationship...
any relationship.
