This is the story of a man named Sylvester Roland, who for most of his life worked and lived in the underworld. While working for the CIA clandestine service he fought the drug cartels of Colombia. After killing and living on the edge, it drove him to a place deep and dark. Depression was his enemy now. It took two years to bring him back to life, but the horror that remained in his mind would stay with him. He thought that moving to a small Vermont town to live out his life hunting and fishing seemed like the only path left for him. Sylvester found true love for the first time in his life and he was still drawn back into the nightmare of his past. There was no way out, he must fight the serpent, and this time cut off its head. Even in far northern Vermont he could not escape a murder plot on his own life. This is a story of suspense, drama, but most of all true love, and two people bent on not losing it