Bones have been discovered in the art studio's kiln at Wyoming's Colter State College. Campus police dismiss the discovery as a prank but Lariat reporter Jennifer Roby isn't convinced. Nudged by gut instinct, guided by the experienced voices of her father and grandfather, haunted by memories of her mother, and hampered by just about everyone on campus, she continues to investigate the tasteless joke for the college newspaper. Disappearing students and freak accidents add to her determination to prove that there is more to the story-then the local coroner confirms Jenn's suspicions. An impending campus visit from the President of the United States makes finding answers that much more difficult. She knows she must find someone who believes her as she puts the pieces together and that she must work quickly before the newspaper is shut down in an effort to silence her. She doesn't know she's unraveling a conspiracy that will climb higher in the college hierarchy. She's certainly not aware that threats to her safety are set in motion.