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    Off the Grid

    By C. J. Box

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    There's no hiding off the grid.

    Joe Pickett's old friend Nate Romanowski is off the grid, lying low while the FBI search for him. But they're not the only ones looking. Nate finds himself confronted by agents who need his help assessing a potential terror threat in Wyoming's Red Desert – in return they'll make Nate's criminal record disappear. Nate knows they can't be trusted – but with his liberty at stake, he has to comply... for now.

    Meanwhile, Joe's heading south, under orders from State Governor Rulon to investigate a rash of crimes and an uptick in secretive federal activity along Interstate 80...

    As they pursue their quarries, both men will be drawn deep into the Red Desert, 9,000 square miles of bleak, punishing terrain, home to a secret that could take them both down.

    What people are saying about OFF THE GRID:

    'Off The Grid is one hell of a book'

    'After a long series of excellent books, the characters still feel fresh'

    'Keeps you on the edge of your seat. As usual, once you start you can't stop!'

    'C J Box can't write them quick enough, I loved it'

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateMar 10, 2016
    ISBN9781784973087
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    C. J. Box

    C.J. Box is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen novels including the award-winning Joe Pickett series. Box has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel as well as the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Le Calibre .38 awards. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Box lives outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

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    • 5/5
      You can never go wrong with C.J. Box and one of my favorite main characters, Joe Pickett! This audiobook literally kept me driving all over the countryside because I couldn't stop listening! Nate (really love him, too) is back and making a deal with the government (or is it?) to go to the Red Desert in Montana to find a missing Prince who is also a falconer. Hang on because the action doesn't slow down until everything is over! Highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      C.J. BoxOFF THE GRID: A Joe Pickett NovelG.P. Putnam Sons, 2016384 pagesThriller / SuspenseSo, it turns out C.J. Box has an entire Joe Pickett series. Some fourteen or fifteen Joe Pickett novels. And I, fortunately, just discovered him--or them--or him, the author--Pickett the character. I will admit, I am super excited. Thing is, OFF THE GRID is the latest. Now I must go back and read the other books in the series. (This I shall do gladly!)Anywho. OFF THE GRID is a brisk thriller. This can be called a Nate Romanowski Novel as much, or as equally, as it can be called a Joe Pickett novel. Seems I missed a lot not having read the earlier books in the series, but I did not feel lost as a reader jumping in at the end. (Good thing!).By court order, and law, and signed agreements and such, Joe and Nate are not allowed contact with each other. In fact, Nate is wanted by the law. Crimes committed, laws broken. Living off the grid, Nate and his girlfriend, Olivia Brannan are in hiding in Wyoming. They're making a living at not getting found. That is, until they are found.When the Wolverines come calling, this super secret team of government employees across all branches of the government, Nate has no choice but to hear them out. They need his help. Because of his unique talents as a falconer he may be the only one who can infiltrate a terrorist cell somewhere in the Red Desert. In return, Nate is promised his record will be wiped clean. Erased.However, if he fails, if he is caught, if anything goes wrong--the Wolverines will deny any involvement, and Nate will go to prison for previous criminal activity, and pay for whatever new charges tacked on.Joe Pickett, a game warden, is called upon by the governor (once again, apparently) to help on a special assignment. He knows he can use the tracking of a rogue bear as a cover. The task will lead the game warden down a road similar to Nate's. The threat of terrorism is all around.As if never separated, Joe and Nate work together, without knowing the other is even involved, gathering up evidence, and information with the hopes of shutting down, preventing, an act of terror before the terrorist act can be committed!Box writes terse, taut scenes. His characters are well drafted, and authentic. He pulled me right into the story (which I didn't think would be easy because I knew I was on the latest book in the series, and not the first -- which is the kind of thing that bothers me as a reader). It didn't matter. OFF THE GRID worked as an independent tale, a stand alone novel. It isn't. But it worked as one. Loved the dialogue, and the action. And as I stated up top -- I will be reading the other books in the series!Phillip TomassoAuthor of The Severed Empire Saga,and the Vaccination Trilogy
    • 4/5
      I swear that CJ Box gets better with each novel. This is the newest Joe Pickett story and, as usual, someone is in danger. This time is seems to be a combination of Nate, Sheridan and Joe. Sent off by the Governor as his last act of office, Joe is sent to see what is happening in a desolate area of Montana with an Arab prince, seriously bad bad guys and his oldest daughter who had no idea what she's gotten into.It's a good thing that Nate Romanowski happens to be in the same area through an agreement with some piece of shadow-government agents. But even he ends up hurt.A great tale and just what you have come to expect from CJ Box.
    • 4/5
      Finally C J Box featured more of Nate Romanowski. There's just enough twists and turns that kept me turning pages.
    • 2/5
      No matter how many times you write it, CJ, the only wild antelope in North America are in zoos. The animal is a pronghorn, you encourage general ignorance when you refuse to properly identify this unique Western American animal. There is a glaring, ignorant grammatical error on page 138. Putnam needs to hire editors with at least a 4th grade knowledge of grammar. Read the sentence, Joe could care less. A tip from a long time elementary teacher, if it doesn't make sense, it is probably incorrect.You tell a good story, sadly your childish errors ruin the experience for me. Putnam makes lots of money from your book sales, they are not serving you well with such poor editing.I'd really like my $27 back. I didn't get a free advance copy from any one and yes, this is an honest review.
    • 3/5
      This is my first C. J. Box "Joe Pickett" novel, the game warden, (but it was more about his friend Nate, a veteran, so I'm definitely reading out of order, if I read more in the series, which I might. Nate and Joe get involved with a group of activists who are taken over by some Mideast terrorists in the red desert of Wyoming, which is between Rock Springs and Rawlins in Wyoming, off I-80. Kept me reading ! Would make a pretty good movie.
    • 3/5
      The book starts off as start of a distant feel but ramps up as the two plot lines intersect. Even though this is book #16 in the Joe Pickett series, it's only the second book of this series that I've read.Nate Romanowski lives off the grid by choice--and by necessity since he's a wanted fugitive. The illness of his girlfriend, Olivia Brannon,'s mother reveals their location to those looking for him. They need his falconry skills to bond with Ibby, also a falconer who is off the grid.Meanwhile, Joe Pickett is tracking a grizzly bear who killed a hunter, and his daughter Sheridan (who'd once been an apprentice to Nate) agrees to go camping as a volunteer with her roommate. Off the grid also refers to how we'd end up having to live if EMP pulses manage to disable electric stations and other key targets that could be hit by terrorists.
    • 2/5
      I once had a writing teacher who had a theory that each author who is insecure with his manuscript has a "tell." And the "tell" is to let his insecurities be reflected in something said/thought by one of the characters about whom he's writing.

      The "tell" in this book screamed out when a hostage thinks, "It all looked like a bad cartoon, but it wasn't."

      Sorry, I beg to differ. It WAS.

      I have to admit that this is the only C.J. Box novel I've read. I understand that this is the 16th(!) in his series featuring Joe Pickett. Maybe his earlier novels were better. I am suspicious that any author can stay fresh after the 16th novel in a series. But I had heard something good about this book, and I was looking for a pass-the-time thriller, but this was sorely disappointing.

      First of all, the villains were all cookie-cutter "types." All good thrillers are distinguished by great villains. Otherwise, they just become cardboard targets in a shooting gallery.

      And I can't say the other characterizations are much better. Perhaps the author counts on his readers having read other books in the series to know what flesh to hang on their skeletons, but Joe Pickett was impossibly incorruptible--John Wayne playing a fish and game warden--and his friend Nate was Dirty Harry with a bit of a softer heart.

      Real human psychology is neither present in this book. An idealistic activist has built a device to sock it to a government data-collection facility by means of electromagnetic pulse, just to teach a lesson, and thinks the use of the device could be constrained just that one usage. What could possibly go wrong? Even though he has an obviously menacing sidekick, he sees no threat in him. His followers believe him to be a charismatic visionary. They're obviously idiots, and so is he.

      Further, when a bunch of those followers are taken hostage by gunmen, and after hostages witness the violence their captors are willing to visit upon them by a couple of grisly deaths, no one seems particularly traumatized. A couple of them are even wise-cracking under their breaths. Indeed, it's here where the one hostage thinks, "It all looked like a bad cartoon . . ." REALLY? A leader is beheaded before them and a fellow hostage summarily shot in the head, and these actions to the witness seems a bad cartoon?

      It's the book that's a bad cartoon. If C.J. Box's earlier books were better, I'll never know. Because this one has discouraged me from finding out.

      [P.S. There was one good scene: tracking an errant grizzly bear. In his telling of that episode, Mr. Box showed he certainly has talent. I just wish the rest of the book were up to that caliber.]
    • 4/5
      Joe and Nate are sent in the same direction by two separate government groups to the remote and desolate Red Desert of Wyoming. A peaceful yet destructive anti-US activity is hijacked by some really bad Middle Eastern types and mayhem ensues. The big shootout at the end is resolved by the timely arrival of the modern day calvary. A lively and interesting entry in this enjoyable series.
    • 5/5
      This one I give a five star to. I love this series and this has been one of my favorites in a long time. I love Joe and Nate when they are both in the story equally. Keep more coming like this story. I received an ebook copy of this book from Firsttoread for a fair and honest opinion.
    • 5/5
      Although this is a book in the Joe Pickett series of novels by C. J. Box, the emphasis this time is on Nate Romanowski, Joe’s reclusive friend. Nate prefers to be off the grid entirely. Joe, an experienced Wyoming Game Warden, on the other hand loves the outdoors, but balances this with the love of his family and their ties to more citified life. Nate lives with his girl friend as far from civilization and the prying eyes of government as possible. He has good reason to stay shy of the law. Various government agencies want him on a number of counts. Nate is content to live deep in the wild, flying his falcons and avoiding contact. Of course, even the best laid plans will sometimes lead you through a pasture strewn with cow patties and this is no exception. Agents from unspecified government bureaus descend on Nate, shattering his peace and tranquility. They coerce him into going undercover as they move to thwart an attempted terrorist plot. Nate is conflicted as he has a hard time telling the difference between the threats from the agents or the terrorists. As Nate reluctantly probes deeper into the conspiracy, he eventually crosses paths with his old friend, Joe Pickett. Joe has been called in by the Governor of Wyoming to find out why Federal agents are tramping uninvited through his state. It will take the combined efforts of Nate and Joe to quash this threat and save a number of innocent people, including Joe’s daughter, Sheridan, who are caught up in the fallout from this evil plot. Another in the excellent series of Joe Pickett novels. The book was provided by Amazon Vine for review.