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Residents of a settlement of poor mountain people living along a rustic stream are mysteriously dying. They look to Ray Quentin, an EnvironmentalEnforcement Officer, who finds a major source of pollution and determines there are grounds for a criminal case. Fearing his arrest, a localbusinessman hires former prison inmates to put an end to the investigation. A hastily organized state environmental agency fails to adequately protectQuentin and fellow officers. To Drink from a Stream is a novel about the dangers faced by these officers in the early years of environmentalenforcement. Xavier Somerfield is also the author of: Coming Through the Wintersweet, 2006, ISBN 1-4241-2511-1; Analemma Days, 2006, ISBN 1-4241-5344-1; Ridges of the Clouds, a Civil War novel, 2008, ISBN 1-4343-6766-2; Finches in the Gloaming, 2008 ISBN 978-1-4389-1375-9; Summer on Shallow Point, 2009 ISBN 978-1-60749-557-4; A Gift of Path, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4489-5695-1; Amos's Fire, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4512-3540-1
