Native Tongue

"Rips, zips, hurtles, keeping us turning the pages at breakfinger pace." - New York Times Book Review

Who let the voles out? The precious, blue-tongued mango voles have been stolen from the Amazing Kingdom theme park on North Key Largo by ruthless thugs who have much bigger-and deadlier-things in mind. On the hunt for the rare rodents is Joe Winder, a burned-out ex-muckraking reporter who now works for the park as their PR man. Even as a scandal breaks out over the theft, Winder finds himself trailing an eco-terrorist geriatric, a certain former-governor-turned-swamp rat, and sleazy land developer Francis X. Kingsbury. Determined to uncover the true nature of the Kingdom, Winder must survive this harrowing wilderness-before the natives get to him...

"Ruthlessly wicked...wonderful."
―Atlanta Journal & Constitution

"Hiaasen keeps a broad cast of zany characters...moving at a breakneck clip."
―Publishers Weekly

"Madcap and...quite funny."―Kirkus Reviews

"Rips, zips, hurtles, keeping us turning the pages at breakfinger pace."―New York Times Book Review

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, Stormy Weather, Basket Case , and, for young readers, Flush and Hoot. He also writes a regular column for the Miami Herald.