Badlands

By: Peter Bowen

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

A secretive millennial cult from California purchases a ranch on the outskirts of the Montana badlands, the eerily silent, dry, and windy dead zone, and the Toussaint townsfolk are none too pleased.

The cult members keep to themselves, but the suspicious circumstances under which they arrived have Gabriel Du Pre questioning their motives and seeking answers. He soon learns from a friend in the FBI that seven of the cult's recently defected members were killed, each shot to death, but no arrests have been made. Then another shooting occurs at the perimeter of the ranch, and Du Pre finds himself blindly searching for a killer, an explanation for the murders, and the identity of the cult's elusive leader.

With Badlands, his tenth novel in this acclaimed series, Peter Bowen has written his most timely and chilling novel to date.

©2003 Peter Bowen (P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Peter Bowen does for Montana what Tony Hillerman does for New Mexico....Picturesque, totally absorbing, and utterly charming." (Midwest Book Review)
"Peter Bowen writes about the rural West better than just about anyone....Gets it right over and over again." (Rocky Mountain News)

My Favorite!

I love this narrator, the character of Palace, the storyline was excellent and lots of action!

great story very unusual setting and characters bu

I like the series a lot. unique and fast moving with memorable characters and a strong feeling of place and time.

another crate story in the Gabriel Dupree saga

it's an interesting plot line that could relate to the modern world today even though it's over 10 years old. I would recommend reading the books from the beginning to get the full impact of the story this is the first time that there's been some more indigenous spiritual connection in the book that the main character embraces it's a great series

Isten for the narrator

These novels are good, repetitiveness aside, but the stories always feel abridged to me. Not quite plot holes, just not quite fleshed out enough. That said, i love Christopher Lane’s narration. He handles the vernacular beautifully and keeps me listening.

DuPre takes on a colt

It’s good to learn from this series some of the issues Montana deals with. In this book a cult comes and sets up shop. The locals have serious doubts az to their intentions. It’s left up mainly to DuPre to figure it all out.