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    Nightzone
    Nightzone
    Nightzone
    Audiobook12 hours

    Nightzone

    Written by Steven F. Havill

    Narrated by Rusty Nelson

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    What do you do when you inherit $330 million after taxes? If you're New Mexico rancher Miles Waddell, you build a dream. A flat-topped mesa and a third of a billion dollars equals NIGHTZONE, an astronomy-based theme park, complete with giant radio telescope, a bank of smaller scopes linked to a theater, five-star dining in a restaurant with retracting dome ceiling, a hotel/resort, tram car access, and a narrow gauge steam locomotive to carry tourists to the mesa top. Glorious. And too ambitious for many residents of Posadas County. Waddell's dream begins to sour as one night two eco-terrorists make an opening statement by chain-sawing down power lines that feed the development. One of the terrorists is killed by a bucking power pole. From 20 miles away, former Posadas Sheriff William K. Gastner spots a pair of headlights as the dead man’s companion speeds from the scene. Charges quickly include murder when the fleeing conspirator is stopped by a cop and guns the lawman down. Hours later a second shooting occurs when Gastner stops to assist Sgt. Jackie Taber during an unrelated traffic stop. Always the last to pull a trigger, the now 74-year old Gastner becomes the focus of a second investigation by the over-stressed District Attorney and Sheriff’s Department. Meanwhile, Waddell's troubles with rumor-mongers and anti-government thugs continue. A tired Gastner is unwilling to work security for NIGHTZONE, but security has become essential. There is a bright spot: Gastner’s godson, 13 year-old Francisco Guzman. The musical prodigy’s conservatory has scheduled a double concert in Posadas, part of a national tour. Yet the timing of this stellar event could not be worse with the retired Gastner and the whole community tangling with lethal avengers and agendas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateJan 14, 2014
    ISBN9781614535102

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    • 5/5
      One of the best of this
      Series. Stolen cars, gunfights, abducted children, scientists, fine arts, gifted students, trains, mamas, lawmen, even newspapers.
    • 4/5
      Fast moving, interesting addition to an excellent series. Hard for Sheriff Bill to stay retired. When his insomnia kicks in; he is out and about and ready to get involved. An incipient prairie fire interrupts his mesa top solitude and we are off and running. A classical interlude provided by his prodigy grandson demonstrates that Posadas country does not lack for culture. Car chases, car crashes and gunfire galore; can't wait for the TV series.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this novel immensely... as I have all of the books in the Posadas saga. Mr. Havill creates a word portrait which forms a clear image of the people and places he describes. I continuously have to rein in my desire to grab or pull up an atlas to track the exact locations of the events he describes. I would like to meet these people and see these places, but I'll just have to be satisfied with the word pictures.
    • 3/5
      The first mystery I have read by this author. I liked the crusty old ex sheriff Gastner, who seems to get into a heap o' trouble as he helps track down some serious eco-terrorists intent on destroying the dreams of his friend Miles Waddell to build a huge telescope and public education complex. The story was a little far fetched and could have been shortened quite a bit, but contained interesting info on the Bennet family who tried to establish a presence in southern New Mexico. Also contained a nice appreciation and description of the arid New Mexico landscape.
    • 4/5
      This series hasn't run out of steam yet.