Yosemite National Park experiences a bizarre broad daylight shootout leaving a park ranger and a kidnapping suspect dead. The kidnapping victim, a teenage girl, managed to escape from her kidnapper with only minor injuries. Private Investigator Virgil Cook uncovers a no holds barred evil scheme designed for the ultimate revenge. But after a man is murdered near Virgil's office, the same news reporter who exposed his involvement in the aftermath of the ranger's murder shows up questioning his activities once again. A wild investigation takes Virgil through the foothills and mountains of Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno counties, where he quickly discovers not all is what it seems. Then the unthinkable happens: another kidnapping. A girl's life depends on Virgil’s ability to find and rescue her as the last seconds of her life tick away.