Necessary Evil
by David Dun

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Book Review: Necessary Evil is a must!
Summary: 5 Stars

In the opening chapter we meet Kier Wintripp, a Tilok Indian & reservation veterinarian making his way to his sister's delivery at the local private clinic where she's going to have to give her infant away. Why?

We also come across Jessie Mayfield, an FBI agent on leave visiting her very pregnant sister & ill-prepared for winter in the high country.

These two clash on a winding road in the first snowstorm of winter & set the tone of their relationship until a foe threatens them & all they hold real & valuable.

I squirmed when Jessie had to enter the Worm's Way or take cover in a snow hut or when she waded into a freezing beaver pond to forage for supper. I enjoyed her unabashed eagerness to learn even as she's seething with unexpressed resentment against the most macho men she's ever met.

I walked behind Kier into deep snow, along high ridges & through caverns below. Listening to & reading the land like a map. What takes this mass media book out of the common pulp fiction pool is how much a reader can learn - & learnt much about mystery, mayhem & mountains. I'm sure some petty-eyed expert is going to detect an error here & there - I don't want to be taken out of my bliss.

A heady concoction of wilderness trekking, super spelunking & interesting dysfunctional macho/feminist encounters all mixed in with genetic research, killer diseases & mercenaries.

I was sorry when this one came to its satisfying end, the way I'm sorry when a good song, a fine meal or a lovely day must end!

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