{"id":2026,"date":"2009-11-10T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2009-11-10T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T18:01:11","slug":"green-books-campaign-review-of-the-cardinal-divide-by-stephen-legault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=2026","title":{"rendered":"Green Books Campaign – Review of The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This review is part of\u00c2\u00a0the Green Books campaign<\/a>. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great\u00c2\u00a0books printed\u00c2\u00a0in an environmentally\u00c2\u00a0friendly way. Our goal is to\u00c2\u00a0encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a\u00c2\u00a0 a green company working to green\u00c2\u00a0up the book industry by promoting the adoption of green practices,\u00c2\u00a0balancing out books by\u00c2\u00a0planting trees, and supporting green books.\u00c2\u00a0A full list of participating blogs\u00c2\u00a0and links to their reviews is available\u00c2\u00a0on Eco-Libris website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I think of green books, I usually think of ebooks.\u00c2\u00a0 While it can be more difficult to lend out an ebook to a friend, they don’t take up space in landfills.\u00c2\u00a0 Eco-Libris was kind enough to provide me with a copy of The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s published by NeWest Press<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0on 100% recycled, ancient forest-friendly paper.\u00c2\u00a0 What exactly does that mean?\u00c2\u00a0 It means no material from ancient forests were used to produce the paper.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t indicate if the recycled paper is recycled from\u00c2\u00a0post-consumer or pre-consumer use but it’s still good.\u00c2\u00a0 Recycled paper takes less energy to produce and reduces the amount of paper that ends up in our landfills.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal Divide<\/em> has environmentally friendly written all over it.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s the first book in The Cole Blackwater mysteries<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Stephen Legault knows firsthand the character of Cole Blackwater.\u00c2\u00a0 Both are environmentalists who have worked with organizations, companies and the Canadian government to lessen the environmental impact of industry.\u00c2\u00a0 To my\u00c2\u00a0 knowledge, Legault has never turned into a private detective trying to solve a murder mystery.<\/p>\n

Here’s the synopsis:<\/p>\n

Cole Blackwater\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t what it used to be. Once a political superstar within Ottawa\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s environmental movement, he now runs a nearly defunct conservation strategy consulting firm which distinctly lacks a paying client. His ex-wife loathes him for a scandalous affair that ended their marriage, he feels he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failing his eight-year-old daughter as a father, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s turning far too often to the bottle to solve his problems.<\/p>\n

So when Peggy McSorlie, head of the Eastern Slopes Conservation Group, seeks his help to stop a mining project planned for Alberta\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s magnificent Cardinal Divide, Blackwater jumps on the opportunity to earn enough money to pay the rent and buy a few pints at his favorite pub. But when Mike Barnes, head of the mining project, is brutally murdered and a radical member of Eastern Slopes Conservation Group is accused of killing him, Blackwater must first prove the man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s innocence in order to save his own business, and the future of the Cardinal Divide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The pace starts off fast and then slows down.\u00c2\u00a0 The murder takes place in the prologue but it isn’t until 160 pages in that Blackwater decides he should do what he can to help the environmentalist charged with the murder of Mike Barnes.\u00c2\u00a0 This is the beginning of a series so this can be overlooked.\u00c2\u00a0 Legault has a lot of back story that ties into getting to know Blackwater.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s essential knowledge to this story when a person from Blackwater’s past appears to report on the murder.\u00c2\u00a0 The reader is given clues to the murderer’s identity but it’s still a surprise when the reader finds out who it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This review is part of\u00c2\u00a0the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great\u00c2\u00a0books printed\u00c2\u00a0in an environmentally\u00c2\u00a0friendly way. Our goal is to\u00c2\u00a0encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a\u00c2\u00a0 a green company working to green\u00c2\u00a0up the book industry by… Continue reading Green Books Campaign – Review of The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[24,205,204,206],"class_list":["post-2026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-review","tag-book","tag-green-books-campaign","tag-stephen-legault","tag-the-cardinal-divide","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2133,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}