Antler Dust begins with a bang. Two bangs. On the opening day of the hunting season in the Colorado Flat Tops wilderness, two men go missing. The first is a hunting guide. The second is a protester who believes his creative suicide will galvanize the animal rights movement.Hunting guide Allison Coil hears a distant rifle shot and sees just enough through the swirling snow to believe somebody knows something-and isn't coming forward. But what exactly did she see? Outfitter George Grumley blunts the formal investigation and works to discourage the persistent inquiries by Coil. Grumley knows no limits in the effort to protect his guide service, which caters to a swank clientele.

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