Synopsis

Caitlin Strong is a fifth generation Texas Ranger as quick with her wits as she is with her gun. Over the years she's taken on all manner of criminals and miscreants, thwarting the plans of villains to do vast damage to the country and state she loves. But none of that has prepared Caitlin for an investigation that pits her against ruthless billionaire oilman Calum Dane, whose genetically engineered pesticide may have poisoned a large swath of the state.

How that poisoning is connected to the disappearance of thirty high school students from a Houston prep school, including the son of her outlaw lover Cort Wesley Masters, presents Caitlin with the greatest and most desperate challenge of her career. As if that wasn't enough, she also has to deal with a crazed rancher whose entire herd of cattle has been picked clean to the bone by something science can't explain.

The common denominator between these apparently disparate events is a new and deadly enemy capable of destroying the US economy and killing millions, a foe it will take far more than bullets to bring down. There's yet another player in the deadly game Caitlin finds herself playing: Russian extremists prepared to seize an opportunity to win a war they never stopped fighting.

Caitlin's race to save the United States weaves through the present and the past, confronting her and Cort Wesley with the most powerful and dangerous enemies they've ever faced, human and otherwise. The Cold War hasn't just heated up; it's boiling over under the spill of a strong light only Caitlin can extinguish before it's too late.

About Jon Land

Jon Land is the acclaimed author of many bestsellers, including The Last Prophecy, Blood Diamonds, The Walls of Jericho, The Pillars of Solomon, A Walk in the Darkness, Keepers of the Gate, and The Blue Widows. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherry on November 03, 2015

I have been reading Jon Land since before I started blogging, so whenever I see a novel by him, I pick it up. Strong Light of Day is the most recent addition to my reading list, starring Texas Ranger, Caitlin Strong. This is the seventh novel in the series of these stand alone thrillers. Jon Land doe......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on November 20, 2018

Blighted crops. Dead cattle. The Russian Mob. A female, fifth-generation Texas Ranger. You would think that these elements could never come together in a tightly-written thriller ... and you'd be wrong. Caitlin Strong is called in on a stand-off over grazing rights that, had the book not preceded the......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on May 02, 2020

Another one bites the dust, I really like the character of Caitlin "hurricane" Strong. If you are bad you better watch out. If you like beetles this is a great read for you. Also if you like genetic manipulations. I think I read these to close to each other to really appreciate them. But I love the......more

Goodreads review by Russell on October 14, 2015

Strong Light of Day by Jon Land Reviewed by Russell Ilg Strong Light of Day is another great novel in the Caitlin Strong series; I won’t say best because each book is the best in its own right, since this is without question the finest thriller series going today. But this latest entry is both the mos......more

Goodreads review by Ray on October 14, 2015

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