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Heller Thriller #2
The Rain Rustlers
"Somebody's stealing something from me and I wanta hire you to stop it." It was the kind of problem only a buddy of Heller's seemed to get caught in. Some mystery men were stealing the most precious survival resource in the dry grass country: water. These were no ordinary thieves, however: these rain rustlers were taking the water right out of the skies with a secret cloud seeding operation that threatened to wipe out everybody in the San Luis Valley. At first Heller thought it was all a joke, but he stopped laughing when a club-wielding pachuco ambushed him and reduced his bike to scrap metal and his side to one ugly bruise. Now Heller's coming back with his jeep, his Smith & Wesson and the help of a loving lady pilot, ready to rain down a whole lot of trouble of his own.
- GenresWesterns
68 pages, Audio CD
First published December 1, 1984
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About the author
Frank Roderus
96 books7 followersFrank Roderus wrote his first story—it was a western—when he was five. It was really awful, as might be expected, but his mother kept that typed and spell-checked short story tucked away until the day she died.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
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October 18, 2018
An FR Novel About Men Who Are Using Modern Techniques to cause Rain to Fall Where They Want it to
DR has penned a modern day western about rain water thieves by using new weather technology to cause it to rain where they want it to rain. Cloud seeding is not a new technique, but it has been improved upon. The rain hustlers are affecting the crops and water table across the Southwest. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
DR has penned a modern day western about rain water thieves by using new weather technology to cause it to rain where they want it to rain. Cloud seeding is not a new technique, but it has been improved upon. The rain hustlers are affecting the crops and water table across the Southwest. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
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