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5000 Dead Ducks


5000 DEAD DUCKS
A Novel About Lust and Revolution in the Oilsands

5000 Dead Ducks is a masterfully crafted satire weaving together two of the hottest topics in Alberta (or Alberia) today: provincial politics and the oilsands.”  Daryl Slade, Calgary Herald

Christopher D. Evans QC, author of the best-seller A Painful Duty: 40 Years at the Criminal Bar, and Lorene M. Shyba PhD, innovator of Spies in the Oilsands, announce the release of their new novel, 5000 Dead Ducks: Lust and Revolution in the Oilsands.  

More about the book | Read Chapter One Excerpt | Pictures from the Launch Party

The book is available at Owl’s Nest, Pages on Kensington, deMille Books and Shelf Life bookstores in Calgary, Alberta; Audrey’s Books in Edmonton; Books & Books in Butte, Montana; or call your local bookstore to order.

ISBN 978-0-9689754-4-2 Illustrations by Maxwell Théroux. See Gallery of Illustrations.

A Painful Duty

In October 2010, my book A Painful Duty: 40 Years at the Criminal Bar was launched at gala dinners in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta, sponsored by The Legal Archives Society of Alberta. Check out pics from the event under the “Events” tab and the synopsis under the “Memoirs” tab.

To order the book, follow instructions on the sidebar. The book is also available through the Legal Archives Society of Alberta and at Pages and The Owl’s Nest bookstores in Calgary, Alberta.

Yours truly,

C.D. Evans