Blackwater, Colorado . . . a small, sleepy town that should be an oasis of normal in a chaotic universe. Alas, things are almost never normal in Blackwater. Hannibal Hartford Langhorne, the intrepid publisher of The Valley Eagle newspaper, is drawn into investigations of inexplicable events. At great personal risk, aided and or/thwarted by an eclectic group of acquaintances, Langhorne's explorations reveal the foibles and quirks of the human character.