I just received the latest book written by Rob Phillips, who is known for his outdoor columns in the Yakima Herald newspaper. I have known Rob for many years, and he has even come up and fished with me for sockeye on Lake Wenatchee. Some years ago, he started writing fiction novels about the adventures of Luke McCain, a Washington State Fish and Wildlife enforcement officer. This is the ninth book that Rob has written that chronicles the incredible scrapes that Luke gets entangled in while conducting his duties of protecting the fish and wildlife of the state. I find the novels especially fun, as the landscapes they take place in are here in Washington and I am familiar with them. Being from this area isn’t necessary to become enthralled with the stories, though, and his latest book, Cascade Renegades, is very relevant. It deals with the on-going controversy of the management of the gray wolves in Washington. When I served as a Commissioner for the WDFW, it was constantly on our agenda, and you will find yourself drawn into the complications of the issue as you follow Luke’s investigation as the issue takes a deadly turn.