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Mystery · 2026 · R

Force of Nature

by C. J. Box

Nate Romanowski — Joe Pickett's most dangerous ally — is being hunted. Someone wants him dead before he can testify.

A Library Journal Best Mystery of 2012 He never wanted to tell Joe Pickett about it, but Nate Romanowski always knew trouble was coming out of his past. Now it's here, and it may not only be the battle of his life-but of Joe's. In 1995, Nate was in a secret Special Forces unit abroad when a colleague did something terrible. Now high up in the government, the man is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it, and Nate knows exactly how he'll do it-by striking at Nate's friends to draw him out. The entire Pickett family will be a target, and the only way to fight back is outside the law.

For17+GenreMysteryLength320 pagesRead time~8.9 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Graphic violence — Nate hunted by multiple parties; confrontations between special forces levels of skill

Language

Some

Moderate profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild — some adult situations

Substance Use

None

No meaningful substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Nate's hunters — a federal agency and a cartel; Nate's skills vs

What this book is about

Nate Romanowski — the rogue falconer and ex-special forces operative who has been both Joe Pickett's ally and wild card — is being hunted by a federal agency and a cartel simultaneously. Joe must navigate protecting his friend against forces that don't operate by normal rules. Force of Nature is the twelfth Joe Pickett novel — Nate gets his own crisis.

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Nate Romanowski hunted by federal agents and a cartel

Graphic violence — special forces-level confrontations

Twelfth in the Joe Pickett series

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