title: The Shadows of Owls: A Novel
author:  John Keeble 
description: In this ecothriller, Keeble takes us on shadowy back roads in British Columbia and the Idaho panhandle to uncover a conspiracy that involves hard science, religious extremists, and an international oil outfit. Kate DeShazer, the novels heroine, is a biologist researching the migratory patterns of fish. When she witnesses and questions the suspicious behavior of some fellow researchers, she doesnt realize she is messing with a bigger fish, so to speak. Later, she stops to help a shell-shocked woman on the side of the road, only to be drawn into a trap that threatens to destroy her research, her family, and possibly her life. Keebles prose and descriptions of the landscape in the Northwest are stunning, and he takes every opportunity to slow the narrative and observe the beauty of what surrounds the characters. Even so, the story is riveting and suspenseful, full of surprises behind every bend in the scenery-strewn road. --Heather Paulson
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  **Also by Christopher Ruocchio:**
  
  
  
  
  
  **The Sun Eater Cycle**
  
  
  
  
  
  _Empire of Silence_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Howling Dark_
  
  
  
  
  
  **As Editor**
  
  
  
  
  
  _Star Destroyers_
  
  
  
  
  
  (with Tony Daniel) featuring short story
  
  
  
  
  
  “Not Made for Us”
  
  
  
  
  
  _Space Pioneers_
  
  
  
  
  
  (with Hank Davis) featuring short story
  
  
  
  
  
  “A Parliament of Owls”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Christopher Ruocchio
  
  
  
  
  
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  Cover art by Peter Ruocchio. Book design by Terminal Sigma Type.
  
  
  
  
  
  Published through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
  
  
  
  
  
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