Into a tenuous calm left behind by the War in the Woods-which pitted environmentalists against loggers, and resulted in the largest mass arrest in Canadian history-paddles Pulp & Paper empire. As a test of his loyalty, and with his inheritance on the line, he's been dispatched to break a logjam in stalled timber negotiations, and to fix a management problem at the swanky Headlands Lodge. His ailing grandfather has millions riding on both ventures.With his new kayak packed with gear, and his head crammed with schemes, Heritage pursues his own mission to halt the decades of damage his grandfather's companies have inflicted on the rainforest. First, though, he must limb the deadwood off the family tree, outwit a half-dozen witches, and deal with a fifteen-year-old terror named Aidan-also known as "Satan with an A."