Deep Valley Malice — Kirk Mitchell

THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WILL DIE OF THIRST -- BECAUSE A MADMAN WANTS IT THAT WAY

Since the time of the early pioneers, water has been California's most precious commodity. Now someone is blowing up the pipelines that carry the essential liquid down from the mountains--and leaving a blood trail in his wake.

A no-nonsense defender of wild places, U.S. Ranger Dee Laguerre is a one-woman army with a passion for life and the land. And now both are being threatened by devastating acts of environmental terrorism. For somewhere between the local law and the bomb-scarred Feds is a relentless killer who is preparing to strike again. And even Dee may be unable to stem the death tide when the flood gates are blown.