Shikar

hikar pits Grady Brickhouse, sheriff of Hartesville, Georgia, against a fearsome opponent-a full-grown Bengal tiger that has somehow found its way to his jurisdiction. Brickhouse is very good at keeping the peace in his corner of Harte County, Georgia, the huge forested wilderness at the southern end of the Appala-chian Trail. But he's no match for a tiger, one of the most powerful and cunning predators on the planet. Few humans are. Grady has to figure out something quick: the death toll is mounting, politicians and the media are clamoring for something to be done. Plus there's something strange going on that Grady just can't put his finger on. . . . Shikar is freshly inventive, with fully realized characters and surprising plot twists. Jack Warner performs storytelling magic in the clear, resonant style of the classic adventures of Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, and Michael Crichton. This is the kind of novel that keeps us up reading into the early morning hours, makes us miss our stop, forces us to be late for appointments. It is a novel you will never forget.Warner, Jack is the author of 'Shikar', published 2003 under ISBN 9780765303431 and ISBN 0765303434.