The book begins with Rainbow Porter, a man with a taste for solitude and a past he can't forget, running in the mountains near his home in Placitas, New Mexico. . . .

The Critics Said...

"...one of the best first mystery novels of 1993."
-- Denver Post

"...accomplished thriller...boasts terse, hard-driving prose, trigger-smart pacing and an intriguing plot...Campbell has all the makings of a top-notch genre writer."

-- Publishers Weekly.

"...tough, terse and gritty...multi-layered story is well constructed and nicely paced...whisks readers around the country and across the globe, bringing them back to a slam-bang denouement." -- Firsts Magazine, (which also recommended Monkey as a collectable first edition.)

"...an excellent mystery/thriller/action/adventure story that gives new meaning to the phrase 'fast read.'... His characters are alive, and his sense of irony adds spice to the narrative." -- The VVA Veteran.

The book was selected by Book of the Month Club as a featured alternate. Paperback rights have been sold to Japan.

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