'On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride, Annabel Bellotti, were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up.' Game warden Joe Pickett is on the case. A hero who is both credulous and slightly inept without ever being less than the right man for the job, Joe and two companions are pursued through the wilderness by a terrifying assassin, heading for Savage Run - a gorge with no crossing except in a Native American legend...