KATY MARSHALL escaped from the drug gangs in the Caribbean and tried to return to her pursuit of a paralegal career in Denver, Colorado. But the gods that control all our lives intervene in hers too as she fights in the law firm to understand the dangers caused by the widespread use of "fracking" in oil and gas exploration. Katy is finally forced to resign after she discovers why the oil and gas industry has such a hard time with the public's indignation over the practice - they just don't want to answer the questions! Her quest for another life leads her to write a book, ultimately taking her eastward to the coast of Maine and a harrowing adventure that places her life in great danger.