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The series follows Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett as he grapples with the beautiful but complex landscape of the contemporary American West. The warden is an everyman hero and the father of three. He deals with illegal hunters, extreme animal rights activists, corrupt politicians, and outrageous criminals over the course of the series. At stake in Joe’s fight for the good side is the safety of his family and the vision of a peaceful America where nature and humans exist in harmony. Joe is assisted in his adventures by his wife, Marybeth; their three daughters; and, in later books of the series, his friend Nate Romanowski, an ex-special-ops operator who now runs a falconry.

Three-Inch Teeth is the 24th book in the series, which began with 2001’s Open Season. Like previous books, Three-Inch Teeth features themes like the dichotomy between humans and animals, government corruption, and the cycle of revenge. The book also sees the return of familiar villains Dallas Cates and Axel Soledad. Cates’s backstory is particularly important to the plot of the book.