Wade Jones is a good man, an honest man, a broken man. When his wife Katie sends him to Colorado for the summer to regain his confidence as a kayaker and reunite with callused old friends, Wade never expected to meet his former college sweetheart, his bitter old coach and a mysterious teenaged boy. Each wants something from Wade that he can't provide with considerable and unseen consequences. And then there's the river... a giant, snarling whitewater snake. It wants something from Wade, too. Maybe his life. Set against a mythic Western landscape checkered with history, Hickey abducts the reader with engaging characters set in motion in a fast-paced plot that keeps you guessing.