<p>The hero of Tularosa returns in a compelling mystery of family secrets played out against the breathtaking Gila Wilderness of southwestern New Mexico. Kevin Kerney， the ex-Santa Fe chief of detectives who made his exciting debut in Tularosa， is working as a seasonal forest ranger and banking his pay toward a small ranch. Despite the county militia's planting pipe bombs on hiking trails， Kerney looks forward to a quiet summer in the high mountains. But the poaching of wildlife， the murder of a Mexican tourist， and the discovery of a disoriented old man in the wilderness thrust Kerney into an investigation that accelerates dangerously to a heart-stopping final confrontation. Kerney hooks up with Jim Stiles， a young game and fish</p>