"In the Skagit River Valley--gateway to the Pacific Northwest wilderness--vegetation, birds, and people are inexplicably dying. Does the river carry pollutants from illegal waste sites? One elderly bully's spiteful lies have trapped her victims in a toxic web: JoAnne, a former World War II pilot, is wheelchair-bound from a youthful accident involving sinister secrets ; Maria, JoAnne's niece and professional pilot, masks the unresolved pain of childhood...