C. J. Box. (2012). Force of Nature: Joe Pickett Series, Book 12. Penguin Publishing Group.

C. J. Box. 2012. Force of Nature: Joe Pickett Series, Book 12. Penguin Publishing Group.

C. J. Box, Force of Nature: Joe Pickett Series, Book 12. Penguin Publishing Group, 2012.

C. J. Box. Force of Nature: Joe Pickett Series, Book 12. Penguin Publishing Group, 2012. Web.

OverDrive Product Record

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/664/984/E8/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/664/984/E8/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

formats

1. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781101561157
   • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
   • id: ebook-epub-adobe
2. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ASIN
        • value: B005GSYZBQ
   • name: Kindle Book
   • id: ebook-kindle
3. • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781101561157
   • name: OverDrive Read
   • id: ebook-overdrive

otherFormatIdentifiers

1. • type: ISBN
   • value: 9780399158261

mediaType

eBook

primaryCreator

• role: Author
• name: C. J. Box

title

Force of Nature

dateAdded

2016-08-14T13:12:00-04:00

contentDetails

1. • href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=569&titleID=630847
   • type: text/html
   • account:
     • name: NorthNet Library System (CA)
     • id: 2323

sortTitle

Force of Nature Joe Pickett Series Book 12

crossRefId

630847

series

Joe Pickett

subtitle

Joe Pickett Series, Book 12

id

664984e8-d0c2-4486-8bb5-2cc92e6b5973

starRating

4.2

OverDrive MetaData

interestLevel

UG

isPublicDomain

False

formats

1. • fileName: ForceofNature9781101561157
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 2154331
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781101561157
   • rights:
     1. • type: Copying
        • value: 0
     2. • type: Printing
        • value: 0
     3. • type: Lending
        • value: 0
     4. • type: ReadAloud
        • value: 0
     5. • type: ExpirationRights
        • value: 0
   • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
   • id: ebook-epub-adobe
   • onSaleDate: 03/20/2012
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
        • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/664/984/E8/ForceofNature9781101561157.epub
     2. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
2. • fileName: ForceofNature9781101561157
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 0
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ASIN
        • value: B005GSYZBQ
   • name: Kindle Book
   • id: ebook-kindle
   • onSaleDate: 03/20/2012
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
        • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/664/984/E8/ForceofNature9781101561157.epub
     2. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
3. • fileName: ForceofNature9781101561157
   • partCount: 0
   • fileSize: 0
   • identifiers:
     1. • type: ISBN
        • value: 9781101561157
   • name: OverDrive Read
   • id: ebook-overdrive
   • onSaleDate: 03/20/2012
   • samples:
     1. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
        • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/664/984/E8/ForceofNature9781101561157.epub
     2. • source: From the book
        • formatType: ebook-overdrive
        • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973&.epub-sample.overdrive.com

keywords

1. • value: family
2. • value: crime fiction
3. • value: rural America
4. • value: small towns
5. • value: conspiracy
6. • value: crime thriller
7. • value: ranch
8. • value: Action
9. • value: wilderness
10. • value: crime
11. • value: Thrillers
12. • value: hunting
13. • value: suspense
14. • value: Rocky Mountains
15. • value: mystery
16. • value: murder
17. • value: mysteries
18. • value: Thriller
19. • value: police
20. • value: Special Forces
21. • value: western
22. • value: detective novels
23. • value: thriller books
24. • value: mystery books
25. • value: suspense thrillers
26. • value: force of nature
27. • value: Game Warden
28. • value: Murder mystery books
29. • value: mystery thriller suspense
30. • value: Joe Pickett
31. • value: Joe Pickett series
32. • value: CJ Box books
33. • value: CJ Box Joe Pickett series
34. • value: bighorn mountains
35. • value: game warden books
36. • value: joe pickett novels
37. • value: c.j. box books

creators

1. • role: Author
   • fileAs: Box, C. J.
   • name: C. J. Box

imprint

G.P. Putnam's Sons

publishDate

2012-03-20T00:00:00-04:00

ATOS

6.1

isOwnedByCollections

True

title

Force of Nature

fullDescription

Joe Pickett's friend's past comes back to haunt everyone he cares about in this "violent, bloody, and quite satisfying thriller"* from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.
In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it—like Nate, who's hidden himself away in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains. And he knows exactly how Nemecek will do it—by targeting Nate's friends to draw him out. That includes his friend, game warden Joe Pickett, and Pickett's entire family. The only way to fight back is outside the law. Nate knows he can do it, but he isn't sure about his straight-arrow friend. And all their lives could depend on it.
ONE OF LIBRARY JOURNAL'S BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR

gradeLevels

1. • value: Grade 4
2. • value: Grade 5

reviews

1. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     Starred review from January 30, 2012
     Edgar-winner Box’s breakneck 12th Joe Pickett novel (after 2011’s Cold Wind) focuses on Joe’s outlaw buddy, Nate Romanowski. Nate’s been hiding in the foothills of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains from cruel and powerful enemies, harmlessly communing with his falcons, except when assisting game warden Joe on a case. Unfortunately, Nate’s sociopath former Special Forces commander, John Nemecek, a fellow falconer, comes after him with merciless efficiency and a crew of fanatical thugs, and Nate responds with measured but startling ferocity. When Nemecek begins interrogating—and eliminating—people connected to Nate, Joe’s family members become targets, forcing Joe to decide how far he can go to help his friend. The struggle between loyalty and law has always been at the heart of this series, set far from big-city legal support systems, and it’s especially impressive in this superior entry. Author tour. Agent: Ann Rittenberg, Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency.

2. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     February 15, 2012
     The dark past from which Nate Romanowski's hidden for so long and so successfully finally catches up with him and his friend, Wyoming Fish and Game Warden Joe Pickett (Cold Wind, 2011, etc.). "The Five. They've deployed," Nate's pal Large Merle tells him with his dying breath. As soon as he hears the news, Nate knows that his years of living off the grid in Wyoming's Twelve Sleep County--no job, no bank account, no Social Security number--haven't buried him deep enough. Setting his beloved falcon free and abandoning or destroying most of his meager belongings, he high-tails it out, pausing only to shoot three locals who draw on him first. Joe Pickett, tangling once more with Ten Sleep County Sheriff Kyle McLanahan over his responsibilities as government official, witness and friend of the fugitive Nate, is pulled so completely into the triple murder investigation that at one point Luke Brueggemann, his new trainee, asks him, "Does that mean we're going to get to do real game warden stuff?" Nate, meanwhile, makes the rounds of all his closest friends and relations from his days in Special Forces and finds that those who haven't recently died are in serious danger of getting killed before his eyes. Clearly John Nemecek, the master falconer from Special Forces who taught Nate everything he knows before sucking him into an improbable intrigue that led to a catastrophic screw-up for the federal government, is determined to keep his secret at all costs. The secret is preposterous but serviceable, and the strenuously unnuanced story moves like greased lightning. Box has done much better work, but this high-casualty actioner is just fine.

     COPYRIGHT(2012) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

3. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     Starred review from March 1, 2012
     

     Set just weeks after fugitive Nate Romanowski's double loss of his lover and a trusted ally (Cold Wind), Nate realizes that his former Air Force mentor is hunting him down and systematically eliminating all his known associates. A bloody confrontation along the Twelve Sleep River injures Nate and sets the tone for a series of violent attacks stretching from Colorado into Wyoming and Idaho. Getting ever closer to Nate's best friends, game warden Joe Pickett and his wife Marybeth, the killer taunts his intended victims. Nate, up against a skilled falconer, expects only the worst outcome, but still he perseveres. And Joe, always honorable, plans to save Nate's life, no matter what it takes. VERDICT The 12th Joe Pickett novel focuses on the enigmatic Nate, whose story mirrors some of the sweeping changes brought on by 9/11 and the subsequent wars. Edgar-winner Box has written an exquisitely designed, six-act mystery that uses falconry for its central metaphor without ever losing the necessary thrust to make this an absolutely riveting read. This is the best Box I've ever read, and I've read them all. Recommend to fans of Lee Child's The Affair. [See Prepub Alert, 9/19/11.]

     Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

4. • premium: True
   • source:
   • content:

     Starred review from February 15, 2012
     Some sidekicks provide comic relief, while others serve a darker purpose. Think Easy Rawlins and Mouse or Elvis Cole and Joe Pikethe ego and the id. In Box's Joe Pickett novels, off-the-grid free-agent Nate Romanowki plays a similar role: Joe is a family man, while Nate is a loner; Joe is a poor shot, but Nate is deadly accurate; Joe is rational, while Nate is a force of nature. In some ways, the blood on Nate's hands allows Joe to remain the sympathetic hero. In the twelfth series installment, Nate takes center stage. His mysterious past has caught up with him, and the black-ops military unit to which he used to belong wants him dead. They're going after Nate through the people he cares about, including Joe's family. This is a very different Pickett novel, more a pure thriller and much more violent. Fans who love the books for their thoughtfulness may find this one a bit bloody, but those who love Box's stunning set pieces will be in heaven. And, as a way to keep the series fresh, it's an excellent ideawe all need to let our ids off the leash once in awhile.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)

popularity

6981

links

• self:
  • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/664984e8-d0c2-4486-8bb5-2cc92e6b5973/metadata
  • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json

id

664984e8-d0c2-4486-8bb5-2cc92e6b5973

starRating

4.2

images

• cover:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1523-1/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img100.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• thumbnail:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1523-1/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img200.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover150Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1523-1/664/984/E8/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img150.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg
• cover300Wide:
  • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1523-1/664/984/E8/{664984E8-D0C2-4486-8BB5-2CC92E6B5973}Img400.jpg
  • type: image/jpeg

isPublicPerformanceAllowed

False

languages

1. • code: en
   • name: English

subjects

1. • value: Fiction
2. • value: Mystery
3. • value: Thriller

publishDateText

03/20/2012

otherFormatIdentifiers

1. • type: ISBN
   • value: 9780399158261

mediaType

eBook

shortDescription

Joe Pickett's friend's past comes back to haunt everyone he cares about in this "violent, bloody, and quite satisfying thriller"* from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.
In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a Special Forces unit abroad when his commander, John Nemecek, did something terrible. Now the high-ranking government official and cold-blooded sociopath is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it—like Nate, who's hidden himself away in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains. And he knows exactly how Nemecek will do it—by targeting Nate's friends to draw him out. That includes his friend, game warden Joe Pickett, and Pickett's entire family. The only way to fight back is outside the law. Nate knows he can do it, but he isn't sure about his straight-arrow friend. And all their lives could depend on it.
ONE OF LIBRARY JOURNAL'S BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR

sortTitle

Force of Nature Joe Pickett Series Book 12

crossRefId

630847

series

Joe Pickett

subtitle

Joe Pickett Series, Book 12

publisher

Penguin Publishing Group