A giant wildfire is roaring through Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness. The massive blaze is wiping out Allison Coil's precious hunting grounds, and the flames have set their sights on the beautiful ranch owned by her boyfriend's family. Allison and longtime friend Trudy are shocked to learn that a body has been found in the fire ravaged forest--a friend who was a reclusive environmentalist with an unorthodox idea for the battle against global warming. Along with reporter Duncan Bloom, Allison burrows into an underground group of anti-government extremists. As they strike close to home and hurt those closest to her, Allison vows hell might not be punishment enough for this cabal of sinister fanatics. Praise: "Lake of Fire swirls into an environmental inferno that reads all too true--Mark Stevens writes like wildfire."--CRAIG JOHNSON, AUTHOR OF THE WALT LONGMIRE NOVELS, BASIS FOR THE HIT SERIES LONGMIRE
"Thrilling, irresistible."--KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Engrossing."--MYSTERY SCENE MAGAZINE
"Stevens crafts a tight thriller with a wonderful sense of the characters and atmosphere of the Colorado mountains - Western Slope readers will no doubt see their friends and neighbors and themselves in the rag-tag team of individualistic high-country sleuths of Lake of Fire ... Many readers, of course, turn to mystery novels as diversions from fears about things like global warming. Instead, in Lake of Fire, Stevens uses those fears to drive a gripping gumshoe narrative."--THE ASPEN TIMES
"Trapline author and former reporter Mark Stevens is no stranger to following a lead for a story, and he weaves a brilliant tale that makes it difficult to put the book down. Find this clever read at local bookstores and online."--COLORADO COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE
"A complex story of murder, mayhem and misguided patriotism in Colorado's high country."--THE DENVER POST
"Mark Stevens is at the top of his game."--MARGARET COEL, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WIND RIVER MYSTERIES
"Mark Stevens is one heckuva storyteller, and Lake of Fire is a riveting page-turner of the highest order."--SCOTT GRAHAM, NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MOUNTAIN RAMPAGE
"An absolutely must read thriller!"--CHRIS GOFF, AUTHOR OFÂ DARK WATERSÂ AND THE BESTSELLING BIRDWATCHER'S MYSTERY SERIES
"And most of all, you'll root for the smartest, coolest heroine this side of the Mississippi: Allison Coil. Try not to tear the pages as you turn them furiously."--JAMES W. ZISKIN, AUTHOR OFÂ STONE COLD DEADÂ AND THE ELLIE STONE MYSTERY SERIES