Another Five Stars for Unleashing Colter's Hell!!! Thanks for the great review! Get all of Sean Smith's fast selling National Park Thrillers here.
Sean Smith is an award winning conservationist and author. He is a former National Park Ranger at Yellowstone, a TEDx speaker, and private pilot. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in Political Science. He got his master's in Natural Resources Management from Central Washington University in 1996. He currently runs Washington State's efforts to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer products and serves as the Mayor Pro Tem of Covington.
He has been writing stories and books since he was a child and currently writes national park thrillers from the shadow of Mount Rainier.
Just in time for the New Year, Covington Resident Sean Smith released Need to Know his third national park thriller. The novel can be found here: http://bit.ly/NeedtoKnowKindle
Set at Mount Rainier National Park, Need To Know starts in 1947 when nine silver discs were spotted over Washington State's Mount Rainier National Park. Since then, buried high on its volcanic slopes is a secret government's would kill to protect. In this thriller, Park Ranger Grayson Cole finds himself once again at the center of a worldwide conspiracy. Along with Aimee Crocker, the daughter of a disgraced Army Intelligence officer, the two risk avalanche, blizzards, and deadly agents in a race to uncover something that could shake the world to its foundation.
Need to know is the third thriller of Mr. Smith's Grayson Cole series. The first of this series is Unleashing Colter's Hell and is about a terrorist plot to ignite the Yellowstone super volcano. Sean followed up Colter's Hell with Lost Cause, a thriller about a search for a civil war artifact rumored to have the power to start a second civil war.
Mr. Smith's first two novels are award winners including a Reader's Favorite gold medal for Colter's Hell. Lost Cause won a bronze medal in the Author's db cover contest.
Sean Smith is an award winning conservationist and author. He is a former National Park Ranger at Yellowstone, a TEDx speaker, and private pilot. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in Political Science. He got his master's in Natural Resources Management from Central Washington University in 1996. He currently runs Washington State's efforts to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer products and serves as the Mayor Pro Tem of Covington.
He has been writing stories and books since he was a child and currently writes national park thrillers from the shadow of Mount Rainier.
At the end of the year, I like to look back at the books I've read in the last 12 months. This year's list includes a mix of both fiction and non-fiction, thrillers and history, phycology and forensics, science fiction and science fact.
This lists stretches across a broad spectrum and reflects my interest in a wide sweep of subjects. I use this interest to expand the breadth and depth of my thrillers.
My next novel is a mystery set in Glacier National Park and centers around an arson fire that destroys a genetics lab on the BlackFeet Indian Reservation. Twenty Seventeen's list of books will likely include titles dealing with arson investigation, BlackFeet Culture, and how to write a mystery.
What did you read this past year? Any recommendations?
Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn more about his thrillers click hereor follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers
Need to Know Sean Smith's latest national park thriller, is now available from Amazon. Kindle and
Paperback versions of Need to Know can be found here.
Need to Know starts in 1947 when nine silver discs were spotted over Washington State's Mount Rainier National Park. Since then, buried high on its volcanic slopes is a secret government's would kill to protect.
In Need to Know, Park Ranger Grayson Cole finds himself once again at the center of a worldwide conspiracy.
Along with Aimee Crocker, the daughter of a disgraced Army Intelligence officer, the two risk avalanche, blizzards, and deadly agents in a race to uncover something that could shake the world to its foundation.
Need to Know is Sean Smith's third Grayson Cole thriller. The first is Unleashing Colter's Hell about a terrorist attack in Yellowstone. The second called Lost Cause is about a search for a Civil War relic that supposedly has the power to start a second Civil War.
Twenty sixteen was another amazing year for national
parks. National Parks receive positive and negative media attention this
past year. The following are the top park stories from 2016.
Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge:While not
technically a national park, the year started with the occupation of of a national wildlife
refuge in Oregon. The standoff lasted through all of January and into
February. Several of the occupiers went to trial and were ultimately found not
guilty of conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs.
This occupation is a national park story in particular and federal lands
one in general, because the ultimate goal of this types of actions is to call
into question and undermine the legitimacy of federal ownership and management
of public lands. If federal lands can be wrested from agencies such as the
National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management and
Forest Service and given to states and local governments its more likely they
will be opened to extractive uses such as ranching, logging, and mining. The
battle over who ultimately controls federal lands is one as old as the
republic and likely will continue for years to come. With the acquittal
of the occupation's ring leaders, we are likely to see similar
"occupations" in the future.
Idiot Visitors: This past year saw the National Parks' break visitation
numbers once again. While official counts are not yet final, its expected
the parks will have surpassed the previous record of 307 million visitors set
in 2015. This monumental rise in visitation over the past several years
is evidence that the national parks are still well loved by the world.
The vast majority of visitors who come to the national parks enjoy them
responsibly. However, 2016 appeared to also have a record number of
visitors who simply lost their minds. From a group of Canadians skipping across
thermal features in Yellowstone to others putting a bison in their SUV.
Visitors also tried to take dips in park hotsprings,
spray paint their way across
several parks, to others being run down by elk. Twenty
Sixteen appeared to be the year, many visitors forgot to pack their brains and
common sense when the visited the parks.
Centennial Celebration: This
past year marked the 100th birthday
of what some call America's best idea. Parks across the country held
special events, concerts, birthday parties, and speaker series. The
NPS, non-profits, businesses, and countless others used this milestone birthday
to raise awareness about the national park idea, the challenges the park system
faces, and the opportunities that lay ahead.
So, that's the list of the
top National Park stories from 2016. What do you think? What did we
miss? Tell us in the comments section and make sure to forward this story
to your friends.
Sean Smith is a former Yellowstone Ranger, and an award
winning conservationist, TEDx speaker, and author. He writes national park
thrillers from his home in the shadow of Mount Rainier National Park. To learn
more about his thrillers click hereor
follow him on twitter: @parkthrillers
Another Five Stars for Unleashing Colter's Hell!!! Thanks for the great review! Get all of Sean Smith's fast selling National Park Thrillers here. 
