Description
A controversial wild horse round-up in the high desert of Nevada results in two murders and too many suspects for Sheriff Porter Beck to deal with.
A helicopter conducting a controversial round-up of wild horses suddenly crashes, and the pilot is found to have been shot. Then the person coordinating the round-up for the Bureau of Land Management is savagely murdered, buried up to her neck, and trampled to death by the very same wild horses. There is no lack of suspects — the wild-horse advocacy group has sworn to protect the horses at any cost. Now state and federal agencies are showing up looking for answers, or at least a scapegoat.
Sheriff Porter Beck has had better days.
Porter Beck's new girlfriend, Detective Charlie Blue Horse, arrives to help with the investigation, which leads them to a Canadian lithium mining operation near the round-up area that sets off Beck's alarm bells. Brinley, Beck's sister, is leading a group of troubled kids in a wilderness program when one of them, Rafa, bolts one night. When Brinley catches up to him, they're just outside the mine — in the wrong place at the wrong time.
With his personal life in turmoil, too many suspects and too many secrets, the feds pushing for a quick resolution, and his impetuous (if skilled) sister in the mix, one wrong step could be deadly for Porter Beck.