Combing the woods of rural Pennsylvania in the hopes of finding the man who shot and killed his son in what the police called a hunting accident, Paul Michelson risks his life for the sake of justice. Reissue.

W.T. Halvorsen, an innocent man, is being scapegoated for the crimes of the rich and the mighty. Dragged into a western Pennsylvania courtroom in chains and shackles, Halvorsen must convince a judge and jury that everything they know about their state, their government and their town's chief employer is a lie. His is a tale of organized crime and a corrupt oil company CEO who are dumping toxic waste into a quiet rural community for profit; of local officials who look the other way in hopes of saving their impoverished town; of one honest man who must fight for his life, his friends, his home, a man who must in the end convince the judge and jury of the truth - or die in prison. And if W.T. Halvorsen dies, everything he gave his life for will die with him.

It is snowing in the wintry mountains of northwestern Pennsylvania. Once the land of wilderness scouts, later of the boomtowns of the first American oil barons, it is now a spare country of proud men and women hanging on to their lives, dignity, and what's left of prosperity in the declining years of the twentieth century. One tough old man, W.T. Halvorsen, is not going to let it all slip away without a fight. And the wolves are beginning to howl again in the mountains.

A strike against an abusive oil company in Depression-era Pennsylvania threatens to lead to violence as strike leader W.T. Halvorson confronts company owner Daniel Thunner and professional strikebreaker Pearl Deatherage, and CIO organizer Doris Golden arrives on the scene