The shadows of owls
Subtitle: a novel
By: John Keeble
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780295993157
Subjects: Roman; Amerikanisches Englisch; Women scientists; Fiction
Description: Kate DeShazer is a marine biologist whose research threatens the construction of an oil pipeline in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. A group of extremists, hired by an international petroleum conglomerate, intimidate her, steal her records, and leave her fighting for her life. Her husband Jack and son Travis are pulled into a web of international intrigue and violence as they try to save her.