Gone Wild (A Thorn Novel)

From James W. Hall, the highly acclaimed best-selling author ofHard Aground, Mean High Tide, andBones Of Coral, comes a stunning and superbly rendered new thriller in which the most deadly animals in the jungle are the ones that kill for money. With one poacher's bullet, a young woman's life is tragically, brutally taken--and her mother's is shattered forever. Thus beginsGone Wild, James W. Hall's electrifying new novel, which penetrates the lush, sultry jungles of Africa and Malaysia to explore the mercenary slaughter of animals-and to expose the savagery and humanity in us all.Gone Wildbrings back Thorn, the haunting, quixotic hero last seen in the best-sellerMean High Tide. And in a novel filled with the author's signatures exotic locales, vise-tightening suspense, steamy sexuality, hypnotic prose--Hall introduces a bold new element: one of the toughest, most complex female characters in modern fiction. Allison Farleigh's desperate struggle to save the endangered orangutans from poachers--and to uncover the truth about her daughter's murder--give the novel its passion and its fire. And the shocking international conspiracy she exposes in the process givesGone Wildits relentless, heart-pounding tension. A mesmerizing journey into the heart of darkness,Gone Wildis one of those rare thrillers that not only makes you sweat--it makes you think.Hall, James W. is the author of 'Gone Wild (A Thorn Novel)' with ISBN 9780385312318 and ISBN 0385312318.