Blackout.
Who would disrupt the peace of the wind-driven plains with violence and murder? To what end is the livelihood of the West brought to its knees by widespread power outages, endangering lives and hampering resource production that supplies the nation's energy?
Reporter Allie Maitland is on a mission to find out, ambition driving her to see her byline make it above the fold of a major paper. With the help of former Marine Sawyer Aleman, the two trip over each other on the path to discover why men are dying and lives are threatened as green politics goes haywire in its zeal to save the environment.
Energy Barons
The third novel, whirls around political manipulation of the environmental movement causing economic upheaval in the West and endangering lives of the innocent. Ambitious Allie Maitland is caught by surprise while investigating what appears to be anything but an accident at the new power plant. Sawyer Aleman, former marine, wheedles his way into the FBI inquiry, under Allie's skin and into the role of guardian. Before they know it, the story rolls from Wyoming to Alaska and everyone involved is walking a perilous tightrope of greed, murder and mayhem.
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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