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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – In this terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant (The Washington Post) novel from the award-winning author of The Tortilla Curtain, two activists clash in their attempts to preserve the environment. A smart and rollicking novel, with suspense and shipwrecks galore . . . Character, science, and history co-evolve marvelously here in a tale of fanaticism gone literally overboard. –Barbara Kingsolver, The New York Times Book Review Alma Boyd Takesue is a National Park Service biologist who is spearheading the efforts to save the endangered native creatures of California s Channel Islands from invasive species such as rats and feral pigs. Her antagonist, Dave LaJoy, is a local businessman who is fiercely opposed to the killing of any animals and will go to any lengths to subvert Alma s plans. As their confrontation plays out in a series of scenes escalating in violence, drama, and danger, When the Killing s Done deftly relates a richly humane tale about the dominion we attempt to exert, for better or worse, over the natural world.