South Florida has a reptile dysfunction. Thousands of feral Burmese pythons have taken over the Everglades and are decimating wildlife, eating house pets, and terrorizing the populace. Sam Dalton, formerly of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is tormented by the suspicious death of his wife and son in a car crash nearly a decade ago. He is recruited by his best friend Phil Everett as a special agent with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to investigate wildlife crimes, including reptile smuggling. Their main suspect is Bruno Zimmerman, owner of the largest reptile retail store in Florida. Also investigating Zimmerman is the ruthless and hedonistic investigative reporter Diana Ventura, who is undercover as the spokesperson for the nonprofit Save Our Snakes. As the investigation draws them closer together, sparks fly between Dalton and Diana.Near Everglades City, chemical engineer and honorary redneck Big Ink?so named for his outrageous tattoos?runs the Manatee Fish Meal Plant, a cover for a crystal meth production facility funded by moneyman Bone Mozell. Bruno Zimmerman is Mozell?s silent partner in the meth operation, and the two sociopathic killers plot to murder Big Ink and take over his operation.When Dalton and Everett try to destroy all the pythons with a GMO virus, a biological disaster ensues and triggers dangerous encounters with ruthless reptile smugglers, murderous meth makers, and devious assassins in a rollicking tale of vengeance, varmints, and sexual intrigue.
Author: Dave DeWitt |
Publisher: Sunbelt Editions |
Publication Date: Feb 07, 2018 |
Number of Pages: 360 pages |
Language: English |
Binding: Paperback |
ISBN-10: 098325155X |
ISBN-13: 9780983251552 |