Joe Pickett{608} recently fired from his job as a Wyoming game warden{608} receives a call from the governor s office. Governor Rulon has a special request one Joe can t refuse. For weeks{608} the headlines have been abuzz with the story of Clay McCann{608} a lawyer who slaughtered four campers in cold blood in a faroff corner of Yellowstone National Park. McCann immediately turned himself in at the nearest ranger station{608} and was set free. His murders were committed in the socalled freefire zone where{608} it seems{608} no one has jurisdiction. Public outrage forces Governor Rulon to pursue his own investigation{608} and as much as he hates to{608} he offers Joe reinstatement of his job if he ll go to Yellowstone to investigate. Happy to get his badge back{608} Joe agrees{608} but soon discovers that McCann is involved in something as sinister as it is lucrative something that could get a man killed.