Amid ancient redwoods and sun-dappled reeds, the Perdido
River runs clear and cold from the mountains of Soledad
County to the blue Pacific. A wildlife refuge and a
pristine recreational area, the river brings tourists to
the old lumber town of Cape Perdido...and flows through
the memories and hearts of the rugged people who have
settled there since the Gold Rush days.
Now that is about to change. An out-of-state corporation
wants to pump the river nearly dry and float the water to
southern California's thirsty cities in huge rubber rafts.
With lobbyists, lawyers, and dirty tricks, the company
intends to get what it wants - any way it can.
Against this corporate Goliath, a community protest group
and four unusual individuals are drawing a line in the
sand. Flying in from New York City, ecologist Jessie
Domingo hopes to grab headlines for her cause.
Environmentalist Joseph Openshaw has come back to the
home, and the secrets, he left behind decades ago. His
former lover, local restaurateur Steph Pace, fears both
the emotions and the ghosts arriving to haunt her. And old
man Timothy McNear, owner of the defunct mill that once
employed most of the town, silently broods about the sins
he has hidden for too long.
But no one envisions what will happen when the crack of a
sniper's bullet sets off a chain of desperate acts. As the
peace of this small town is shattered, murder stains Cape
Perdido, and one by one, those who stand tall for a cause
may be swept away by the current of a town's ugly truths -
and a killer's revenge.
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