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Wild Series, February 3, 2010
This series (Wild Inferno, Wild Indigo and Wild Sorrow) makes Nevada Barr look wimpy. I didn't think I'd want to read another mystery where the heroine gets the crap beat out of her, either by other humans or by nature, but Ault is different. Jamaica Wild acts a lot more humane toward both the wildlife and indigenous population in her BLM territory in New Mexico. Her relationships with animals and native americans are fascinating and this series is definitely worth the time and expense. I had to read each one twice to get every detail and description straight, because the first read of each one was virtually non-stop, high speed. The wolf survives, by the way.
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Wild Inferno is Hot, April 22, 2008
Throughout Wild Inferno, the haunting message that someone, or something must be saved shows clearly. But who is the grandmother mentioned by the burning man ("Save the grandmother"), and why did he risk his life to get the message out before slipping into a coma?
In this second book of the series featuring BLM agent Jamaica Wild, a wildfire erupts on the Southern Ute Reservation. We learn the dramatic stories of wildland fire fighters who give their all to save the forest and the native people. This glimpse into the life of firefighter teams is an amazing tribute to these unsung heroes. As liaison between the Native Americans and the fire fighting command center, Jamaica finds herself once again embroiled in a tug of war and a mystery. Honoring the ancient rituals and people of the various tribes can be trying when you have flames roaring at your back and people who don't want to leave a ceremony that onlys happen about once every eighteen and a half years.
Murder seems to be afoot, and Jamaica must find the grandmother mentioned in the cryptic message before more people are hurt. As if that and her duties of fighting an inferno were not enough, add Jamaica's wolf, Mountain, who makes his way into the fray with her adoptive Ute grandmother and adds delightful distractions. The frustration of learning things "the Indun Way" doesn't make it any easier when battling nature, investigating murder, dodging political bullets, evading an armed stalker, and trying to keep herself and her loved ones sane and alive.
This book has plenty of action and thrills laced with great background details, well developed characters, and a really fun who-dun-it to solve.
by Rhonda Esakov
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
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Burned Out, May 27, 2009
Although the first book in Ault's series was excellent, this was just too much information on the fire fighting world of the Southwest. While it is a critical subject matter for all those who live with the threat and destruction of fire, it was too much of the good stuff. Otherwise, the cultural insights were still on target and the characters interesting. Perhaps if I lived in an area impacted by wild fires this would have been more interesting. In my world we deal with tornados, flooding, and deadly ice storms - but to be fair, I honestly wouldn't want to read about those either.
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