Porter Cassel, on loan from the Alberta Forest Service, is given command of a fire in Montana. The fire is in a canyon, rumoured by the locals to be haunted. Cassel’s discovery that the fire is an arson does little to quell the nervousness of the local firefighters. Resources are scarce due to numerous higher-priority fires and Cassel is without a helicopter, unable to conduct a preliminary reconnaissance. Taking what seems an insignificant risk, he and one of his men climb a ridge for an overview of the fire. Flames roar unexpectedly up the ridge and trap the two men, who frantically deploy their fire shelters. Only Cassel survives, scorched and stunned. Was his decision to climb the ridge a moment of carelessness or is there a more sinister explanation for their unexpected overrun? Compelled by a sense of duty to the family of his fallen comrade, and to settle in his own mind the question of his guilt, Cassel conducts his own investigation.
Dallas attorney Stan Turner hates criminal law but has a propensity for attracting murder cases anyway. So, it's no big surprise when a simple attorney-ad-litem appointment in family court evolves into a complex murder trial.
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