<p>A collection of <strong>12 award-winning short stories</strong> concerning the true adventures of Game Wardens and the wildlife-destroying outlaws they pursue.</p><p>Delta Ghosts&nbsp;- A team of wardens ambush outlaw gillnetters at Grizzly Bay, in the same Delta waters patrolled 80 years earlier by Fish Patrol Warden and famous writer, Taylor London .</p><p><strong>Smooth Operator</strong>&nbsp;- Wardens stalk a cagy and arrogant abalone-poaching commercial sea urchin diver.</p><p><strong>Time Bomb</strong>&nbsp;- A dangerous and mentally unstable deer poacher proves highly troubling for pursuing wardens.</p><p><strong>Cheaters</strong>&nbsp;- An inexperienced warden consults an old pro of his profession to capture a pair of super-wary striped bass snaggers.</p><p><strong>Tigers Revenge</strong>&nbsp;- A cocky and confident salmon poacher makes the mistake of &ldquo;pulling the tail of the tiger,&rdquo; that is, taunting a local game warden.</p><p><strong>A Calculated Risk</strong>&nbsp;- Despite a comedy of errors, wardens close in on highly destructive pig poachers.</p><p><strong>Killer John</strong>&nbsp;- Future serial killer? Wardens deal with a scary deer poacher and born killer.</p><p><strong>New Talent</strong>&nbsp;- A new warden astounds a mentor with his almost super-human sensory skills.</p><p><strong>Slow Learners</strong>&nbsp;- A once major league pitcher proves to be a highly interesting adversary for wardens.</p><p><strong>Davie Crockett and the Bush Baby</strong>&nbsp;- A Hollywood stunt man and elk poacher tangles with border wardens.</p><p><strong>Then Came Speedy</strong>&nbsp;- A Peruvian sheepherder and a small sheepdog pay dearly to save their sheep from marauding bears in high meadows of the Sierra Nevada range.</p><p><strong>Lethal Intent</strong>&nbsp;- Would-be assassins are thwarted by a fearless warden who puts his life on the line for the intended victims.</p>