Joe Pickett · Book 12

Force of Nature

Published
1 January 2012
Pages
385
ISBN-13
9780399158261
Type
novel
Cover of Force of Nature

About this book

"Force of Nature" (2012) continues the Joe Pickett series at number 11, and comes in at 385 pages. Like its neighbors in the series, it pairs a Wyoming game-warden case with C. J. Box's genuine attention to a real environmental or land-use issue, plus the ongoing family and Nate Romanowski threads that run underneath.

Key facts about Force of Nature

Force of Nature is a novel by C. J. Box. Readers have had it since 2012. It runs to 385 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Force of Nature. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780399158261 to find the main one.

Force of Nature is book 12 of 28 in the Joe Pickett series. The series has 27 published books, while 1 more has an announced date. However, the series starts with Open Season (2001).

The Crossroads is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 February 2026. Meanwhile, The Missing comes next, with an announced date of 23 February 2027.

Additionally, C. J. Box writes Cassie Dewell as a separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and thriller shelves. Meanwhile, The Crossroads is the latest published C. J. Box book on file, from 24 February 2026. The next announced C. J. Box release is due on 23 February 2027, so there is still more to come.

About C. J. Box

C. J. Box is an American crime novelist best known for the Joe Pickett series, following a Wyoming game warden whose investigations into wildlife crimes routinely escalate into far larger conspiracies involving corruption, environmental exploitation, and violence in the rural West. See every C. J. Box book in order.

Its place in Joe Pickett

Force of Nature is book 12 in the Joe Pickett series. It follows Cold Wind. It is followed by Breaking Point. See the full Joe Pickett reading order.

Joe Pickett is a Wyoming game warden — a job that keeps landing him in the middle of murders, poaching conspiracies, eco-terrorism, corporate land grabs and political corruption across the vast, empty country around fictional Saddlestring. Joe is stubborn, chronically underpaid, allergic to political games, and hopeless at holding his tongue around powerful people, which gets him fired, reassigned and shot at with regularity — but it also makes him the game warden who actually goes after the people everyone else…

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