Hardcover | 368 pages

Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett must investigate an attempted murdera crime committed from a confoundingly long distancein the riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.

When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzlys rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit, his wife is severely wounded, and it is up to Joe to find answersand the shooter.

The search for the would-be assassin becomes personal when Joes best friend, Nate Romanowskijust as hes adjusting to the arrival of his first childfalls under suspicion for the crime. Its a race against the clock as Joe tries to clear Nates name and identify the real shooter, all while deciphering the grizzly encounter. Beset by threats both man-made and natural, the two men must go to great lengths to keep their loved ones safe.