The Turquoise Dragon Author:David Rains Wallace When forester and former small-time marijuana grower George Kilgore stumbles over the murdered body of a biologist friend, he unwittingly inherits a deadly secret--the location of the breeding ground of the turquoise dragon, one of the rarest salamanders in the world. Pursued by a cocaine-smuggler who collects endangered species as a hobby,... more » Kilgore flees deep into California's forbidding Klamath Mountains, enlisting the aid of a beautiful herpetologist in a desperate attempt to safeguard the precious creatures whereabouts. Weaving together human greed, selfishness, and honor with the pristine beauty of the Klamaths, noted natural history writer David Rains Wallace skillfully blends a keen understanding of the wilderness with the motives of the human heart.« less