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WILD INFERNO by Sandi Ault, Winner
of the 2009 WILLA Finalist Award for Contemporary Ficition Colorado Book Award Finalist
made
the Best Books of 2008 Lists
Publishers Weekly and Library Journal WILD
INFERNO was also named as one of the best books read in 2008 on the Seattle Mystery Bookshop Blog.
WILD INFERNO topped the 12th Annual
Clueless List of the Best Adult Mysteries for Teen Readers published in 2008, and was
nominated for the 2008-Best Fiction by a Woman Author Award by the StoryCircle Network's
LifeWriters group. When WILDFIRE erupts on a patchwork of land including the
Southern Ute Reservation, Jamaica Wild is sent to find an old Ute man named Grampa Ned, who has vanished. Jamaica risks
danger to go after him, but the fire crowns and torches through the area, forcing her to run for her life. As she escapes,
Jamaica discovers a firefighter smoldering and wavering on the side of the road. The man, part of a hotshot crew that is
trapped in the burn area, sputters a cryptic message to Jamaica before losing consciousness. Soon, the fire threatens an encampment
of Puebloans doing ceremony atop Chimney Rock, celebrating a rare and sacred celestial phenomenon. Among them is Jamaica's
medicine teacher, Momma Anna, and her wolf, Mountain. As the fire rages out of control and a stalker makes attempts on her
life, Jamaica must work to ensure that the Native Americans and her
beloved wolf are safe while she tries to discover what happened to both Grampa Ned and the burning man. What was Grampa Ned
doing on the mountain before he was murdered—and why didn’t the burning man stay with his crew? What would make
them risk incineration in a WILD INFERNO?
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Now in paperback, and it's HOT, HOT, HOT! The
critically acclaimed WILDFIRE of a Mystery,
named one of the
Best Books of 2008 by Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and more! We say: If you can't stand the
heat . . . stay
out of the Inferno! 
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The author, Sandi Ault, has until recently served as a Type 2 Information Officer for a Colorado fire protection district and responded locally and nationally to wildfires. She drew on this experience to write WILD INFERNO.
REVIEWS FOR WILD INFERNO:
“Ault smoothly blends a murder mystery
plot with Native American lore in this impressive sequel to her debut, Wild Indigo.” — Publishers Weekly BEST BOOKS OF 2008
“Bureau of Land
Management agent Jamaica Wild investigates a murder against the backdrop of a raging wildfire on Colorado's Chimney Rock
plateau. This edge-of-the-seat sequel to Ault's successful debut, Wild Indigo, demonstrates her skill at weaving together
plot lines, complex characters, and lots of suspense.” — Library Journal
BEST BOOKS OF 2008
"The vivacious Ault knows whereof she writes in Wild Inferno…Where Ault excels is in developing a suspenseful,
action-filled mystery on rugged Southwest terrain."—New Mexico Magazine "Set
in southern Colorado on and around the southern Ute reservation during a wildfire, this is Colorado writer Ault's second
mystery featuring BLM agent Jamaica Wild. The fiery descriptions of the blaze's terrifying power are worth the price
of admission, but Ault also keeps the pages turning with Jamaica's investigation into the death of an aging Ute man she
tried to save from the fire and her search for the meaning of a badly burned Indian firefighter's exhortation to 'save
the grandmother.' As in her first novel, Ault deftly weaves American Indian culture, Jamaica's life with her
pet wolf and her BLM job into a mystery with plenty of spark.
Final
word: A writer with a flair for the outdoors, Ault deserves a large following." —Rocky Mountain News “This second installment in Sandi Ault's
new outdoor mystery series comes at you as fast and furious as did her debut, ‘Wild Indigo.’ The mystery deepens
with every page. If you enjoy the outdoors, the mysticism of Indian cultures, along with breakneck adventure, Ault's Wild
series might just get your heart racing.” —The Charlotte Observer
"As she did in "Wild Indigo," Ault combines Indian lore with a dandy whodunit,
and the result is a fine mystery. Animal lovers will rejoice at the reappearance of Jamaica's pet wolf, Mountain. Ault
has another page turner, and readers can anticipate more of Jamaica's adventures." —Richmond Times Dispatch Online “Mystery Author has Hot Ticket
in “Wild” Series” —Albuquerque Journal
“Sandi
Ault…not only weaves a good yarn, she stands to become another major voice in depicting the heritage of the Native
Americans of the southwest. In addition to giving readers an enjoyable mystery, Sandi Ault, like Tony Hillerman and others,
is documenting, preserving, and presenting Native American culture and rituals that otherwise would never be known to the
majority of her readers, and more importantly, she is preserving them against future loss.” —Bo Parker, Cobbledstones Reviews
Like its predecessor, WILD INDIGO, WILD
INFERNO has netted *STARRED REVIEWS**"The dramatic background-wild fires spreading near Colorado's famed Chimney Rock at the
same time Pueblo people are gathering there for an important ceremony-and a smoother blending of plot and Native American
lore and rituals make Ault's sequel to her impressive debut (Wild Indigo, 2007) a richer novel than her first.... Readers
will share the author's obvious admiration for the skill and bravery of the fire teams (many composed of Native Americans)
as they battle fires in such rugged terrain. Ault credibly charts Jamaica's education and indoctrination into the ways
of the Pueblo people, leaving her poised for the next phase of her promising career." —
Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
*"Following her successful debut, Wild
Indigo, Ault sets her second series mystery on the Chimney Rock plateau of the American Southwest's Four Corners area,
where a wildfire threatens the Pueblo Indians gathered for a sacred ceremony. For Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica
Wild, everything happens at once. An elderly Ute Indian dies in the fire, one of the Navajo hotshot firefighters is badly
burned, and someone is trying to kill Jamaica. She must juggle a murder investigation, her relationship with her less-than-forthcoming
boyfriend, her adopted Ute mother, and the ever-present threatening fire. Fans of Nevada Barr and Tony Hillerman will snap
this up, but Ault is such a good writer that crime fiction buffs who enjoy a good mystery with plenty of action and great
background detail will put this on their hold lists. Highly recommended."
—Library
Journal STARRED REVIEW "...a sensitive look at Native-American culture and a
compelling account of the fight to tame ever-increasing wildfires." — Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will be awed at how firefighters risk their lives
to protect civilians..." — Harriet Klausner's Web Review
"After the recent fires in San Diego, I found this book
fascinating. Sandi Ault takes the reader into the makeshift camps of the firefighters and into the fires with them. She demonstrates
the dangers and the difficulties in getting needed resources such as air support when multiple fires are burning. Sandi Ault's
first book Wild Indigo was well-written and entertaining, but Wild Inferno is more threatening on multiple levels and the
characters are better developed and more involved." — Mysterious Galaxy
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