Will Baker (1935–2005)

Star beast picks up the story from just after the end of the first book, Shadow hunter. Ronnie Drager and Tima are being held in a psychiatric institution after their "rescue" from the Pobla. They need to escape before they are separated and their stories exploited for political gain in the upcoming NorthAm elections.
A wonderfully written and moving story. It has themes on the importance of nature and man's proper place in this world. There was obviously a third book planned to follow on from this one. So sad that Will Baker has gone and it won't be written.
Definitely a book worth reading (but be sure to read Shadow hunter first).… (more)

I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this but it is an amazing book.
It is set in the future well after the Earth has been partially devastated by a nuclear exchange. The "uninhabitable" areas are set off from the cities as reserves and these are the places where the natural world has regenerated. These areas are also inhabited by an evolved, supposedly degenerate human related species called homo lapis or in slang, Ginks. The Ginks are hunted for sport by wealthy officials and the story starts with a father, Frank Drager, taking his son, Ronald on his first hunt. As you will know from reading the blurb, the hunt goes wrong and Ron is kidnapped.
The ideas in this book are startling and original and the story stays with you for a long time afterwards. Highly recommended.… (more)