"Freshwater ecologist, Mike Joy is a powerful advocate for the conservation of our waterways. In this memoir, he offers a .. first-hand look at the life of a scientist whose research led him to activism. Vividly describing the environmental damage he has witnessed in New Zealands rivers, lakes and streams, he writes also about the political challenges he has met along the way. At a perilous time for our universities, his story is an ... account of staying true to academias function as critic and conscience of society. This is also the story of personal discovery, determination and resilience. Mike was by turns a truck driver, mechanic, milkman, agent with the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, and farm hand - in the industry he would later critique in his academic activism"--Publisher information.