The deep labyrinthine Alaskan fjords do not readily divulge their secrets. In a land wherebears out-number people, the constraints of civilization can disappear and the lines between Justice and Vengeance blur. When a promising college student, Marshall Stuckrath, is killed in prison while serving time on a drug charge, his family explodes in grief and anger. Two fathers-the one who raised him and the other who sired him-have their own ideas of retribution. But the most majestic rain forest left on earth has seen far worse and does not take sides in the affairs of men-or does it?