Hard Ground is aamp160treasure chest of stories for lovers of the outdoors fans of smart crime fiction and of course the legions of Joseph Heywood fans. Featuring the gamewarden colleagues of Woods Cop star Grady Service the tales in this collection follow the men and women patrolling Michigans wilds as they encounter everything from poachers determined to defend their kills with deadly resistance to drug pushers selling their wares at an Elvis Convention camping retreat. There are searchandrescue operations a rookie game wardensamp160first day on the jobamp160and much much more. With Heywoodamp8217s trademark ability to capture the eccentric characters of the Upper Peninsula his wonderful ear for dialogue and his vivid descriptions of hunting fishing and outdoorsmanship these twentyplus stories will delight Heywood fans and entice any reader who loves stories about the great outdoors or lawandorder. As an added bonus one story features Woods Cop protagonist Grady Service early in his career while anotheramp160story stars Heywoods new series protagonist Lute Bapcat.amp160amp160