{"product_id":"warden-force-book-terry-hodges-9781629671000","title":"Warden Force","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is not a novel\u003c\/strong\u003e. This book, like the other eight books of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWARDEN FORCE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e series, is a collection of short stories, all true, the fascinating and often harrowing experiences of real game wardens pursuing armed violators in wild and remote places. TV shows such as \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWILD JUSTICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (National Geographic), \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNORTH WOODS LAW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Animal Planet) and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLONE STAR LAW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Animal Planet) introduced the public to the real-life adventures of game wardens and conservation officers, a public hungry for more. 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He writes with the authority possible only by those who have actually lived the life, who have actually packed a badge and a gun on behalf of wildlife and battled all manner of wildlife-destroying outlaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeason 1 contains the first 13 episodes\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Midnight Ride of Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/strong\u003e: Wardens tangle with a murderous mother-and-son poaching team.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNight Rider: \u003c\/strong\u003e A California warden pursues highly dangerous night-poachers of wild pigs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDecisions: \u003c\/strong\u003e Wardens off the coast of Southern California's Catalina Island risk their lives to save the crew of a sinking commercial squid-fishing boat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Second Second Chance: \u003c\/strong\u003e A California game warden ambushes outlaw catfish fishermen using baby swallows for bait.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Collectors: \u003c\/strong\u003e California wardens take on a nest of Nazi-worshiping, weapons-collecting, deer poaching outlaws.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNothin' Personal: \u003c\/strong\u003e California wardens track down a thief who steals the head and antlers of another hunter's buck.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBottom Feeders: \u003c\/strong\u003e California wardens go after a band of white-trash, sturgeon-poaching hillbillies with attitudes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn Outing with Team Taylor: \u003c\/strong\u003e A California game warden and his family, on a short vacation, team up to capture antelope, bear and steelhead poachers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRookie: \u003c\/strong\u003e A rookie California game warden gets his first taste of his hazardous new career.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Trickery: \u003c\/strong\u003e A California warden employs a magnificent bluff to catch outlaws night-poaching deer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTough Luck on the Little Sur: \u003c\/strong\u003e California wardens pursue gaunch-hook steelhead poachers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSerial Poacher: \u003c\/strong\u003e Wardens pursue a disturbing and dangerous lone-wolf deer poacher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Vision: \u003c\/strong\u003e A boy's fondest dream comes true.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHodges is a gifted writer able to let you imagine you are right there experiencing the workings of California's game wardens. I have read most of his books and thoroughly enjoy his writing. He is able to capture factual events mixed with creativity to describe events in a manner that puts you there. 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