Jack Wetzel has returned home from the Vietnam War. Hoping to find peace in a life that has been inundated with death and violence, he finds work with the U.S. Forest Service as a Wilderness Ranger in the Gila National Forest and soon faces unforeseen calamities and unprecedented dangers—unexplained murders, a kidnapping, and raging forest fires as he searches for answers and to find those responsible. As he struggles under emotional distress and attempts to overcome arduous physical hurdles will Wetzel’s war experience assist or deter him from doing what he must in dealing with ruthless killers?