When U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Nick Tanner targets a prolific trafficker in endangered reptiles, what begins as a simple buy-and-bust operation takes a sudden, violent turn, and launches Tanner on a dangerous quest deep into the treacherous backwaters of Mississippi swampland.

Kerry K. Cox was born in Hollywood, California. After four years at Oregon State University, he declared himself graduated and returned to Southern California, where he taught swimming, karate, and pre-school to finance a sputtering launch to what eventually became a lifelong writing career. In the Nick Tanner environmental crime thriller series, Kerry hopes to raise awareness of the worldwide scourge of wildlife trafficking. When he's not writing, he serves as a wildlife and marine mammal rescue volunteer. He lives on California's Central Coast, along with his wife and too many cats.