A River Out of Eden: A Novel - Hardcover
Straight from today's headlines, a gripping thriller set amid the cultural and environmental wars rocking the Pacific Northwest by Dateline correspondent and bestselling author John Hockenberry.
Francine Smoholla occupies a precarious position. As a U.S. government marine biologist, she is fighting to save salmon threatened by the dams that supply Washington's hydroelectric power. But as a Chinook Indian, she finds herself torn between the colliding forces of technology and environmentalism. She has seen the catastrophic effects the dams have on her tribe's ancestral lands, livelihood, and traditional ways of life. When power company workers and forest service employees start turning up dead with elaborate native harpoons in their backs, suspicion quickly falls on the Chinook. Wondering just how far her tribe will go to protect their community, Francine quietly begins her own investigation.
As the death count rises, a right-wing extremist rides the wave of resulting violence to further his own twisted agenda. His son Duke is caught up in his plans but harbors a secret admiration for the Chinook and their traditions, an admiration that blossoms into something much deeper when he meets Francine. As heavy rains threaten the strength of the dams and old hatreds reignite, a long foretold Indian prophecy of apocalypse looms ever closer.
Francine Smoholla occupies a precarious position. As a U.S. government marine biologist, she is fighting to save salmon threatened by the dams that supply Washington's hydroelectric power. But as a Chinook Indian, she finds herself torn between the colliding forces of technology and environmentalism. She has seen the catastrophic effects the dams have on her tribe's ancestral lands, livelihood, and traditional ways of life. When power company workers and forest service employees start turning up dead with elaborate native harpoons in their backs, suspicion quickly falls on the Chinook. Wondering just how far her tribe will go to protect their community, Francine quietly begins her own investigation.
As the death count rises, a right-wing extremist rides the wave of resulting violence to further his own twisted agenda. His son Duke is caught up in his plans but harbors a secret admiration for the Chinook and their traditions, an admiration that blossoms into something much deeper when he meets Francine. As heavy rains threaten the strength of the dams and old hatreds reignite, a long foretold Indian prophecy of apocalypse looms ever closer.
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"A River Out of Eden is more than a sizzling murder mystery?it's an elegy for the great dying rivers of the Pacific Northwest, and carries a timely and powerful message."
-Carl Hiaasen, author of Sick Puppy and Lucky You
"Inspired by today's headlines of cultural and environmental tensions in the Pacific Northwest, A River Out of Eden is an apocalyptic thriller of tomorrow as provocative as it is timely. Its terrifying climax is as haunting as the prophetic aboriginal legends of Coyote."
-William Dietrich, author of Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River and Getting Back
"To say that this fine thriller ends with a bang is the understatement of the year!"
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, The Age of Missing Information, and Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth
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-Carl Hiaasen, author of Sick Puppy and Lucky You
"Inspired by today's headlines of cultural and environmental tensions in the Pacific Northwest, A River Out of Eden is an apocalyptic thriller of tomorrow as provocative as it is timely. Its terrifying climax is as haunting as the prophetic aboriginal legends of Coyote."
-William Dietrich, author of Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River and Getting Back
"To say that this fine thriller ends with a bang is the understatement of the year!"
-Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, The Age of Missing Information, and Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth
John Hockenberry, a former reporter for NPR, is a correspondent on Dateline NBC and the author of the national bestseller Moving Violations, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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- PublisherDoubleday
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0385494254
- ISBN 13 9780385494250
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages384
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