Why a Refuge

By Michael George

After a hospital stayed caused by a bad bull ride, Mack Thomas decides to return home. Five years of chasing rodeo was enough. Arriving home he finds an auction notice stating that his father's farm and all its contents will be sold. Entering the driveway he sees that the fields are filled with dead or dying crops. His father never lost crops this way before, and this was his second year of losses, so Mack wastes no time before trying to learn why. The farm is located next to a wildlife refuge, and all the farms and homes near that section of refuge are gone, now owned by a local bank. Mack soon learns that a large corporation has found a way to make a lot of money while destroying the refuge. As Mack digs, attempts are made on his life, women are murdered, and the life of the woman he loves is endangered. As much as all this has Mack's attention, he still struggles to understand why anyone would purposely destroy a wildlife refuge, just for money.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Aug 30, 2010
• ISBN: 9781450251914

Michael George

Michael is a retired carpenter with a varied working background - operated and programmed the old main frame computers, managed a 24/7 service station, managed a dairy farm, owned and operated a furniture building company, worked in various warehouses and food stores, and even picked potatoes with Mexican migrant farm workers. He was married for 55 years, had 5 children with only 3 still living, and has countless grandchildren and great-grandchildren.