


(We first met Pono in “Saving Paradise,” set in Hawaii, where similar issues affect the beauty of a special place, and assassins awaited in the shadows.) He writes a complicated tale of bribery, corrupt politicians with influence over environmental groups - and the intense focus of Special Forces veteran/internationally known surfer Pono Hawkins, who knows how to operate in dangerous circumstances - and with interesting women.

“Killing Maine,” recently published, is set in his home state. He has been, and is, an environmental activist and is very much distressed by the growth of wind farms in Maine, where his family has lived since the 1600s. Mike Bond, a Maine native who lives in Roxborough (as well as Maine and Hawaii), has, as a journalist, covered environmental issues worldwide and war and politics in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
