The Tide Runner - Christopher Holt After too long away from our Book Shelves, Christopher Holt is back with a bang ! In this superb novel, he once again, shows us the joy and power of real prose. Simply Wonderful John Brown - Bookopedia Few knew that Gaius Proctor, the brilliant ecologist and UN Director of Ecosystems was a raving psychopath who loathed and detested every person on the planet including himself. It was Proctor who created the Intercontinental Innocent Zones where all species would be free to roam, fly, or swim undisturbed. Forever. All species, that is, except human beings.