Rich and powerful owners of Crow Peak development in the Black Hills of South Dakota are twisting the laws and ignoring environmental rules to steal public land for their private ski area. Mitch Tobin and his friends stumble across the land grab and move to halt it incurring personal, physical, financial and reputational threats and actions. The deeper Mitch's crew digs and discovers, the higher the costs, up to and including murder. Endangered species are under threat government may be too late to save them. Mitch has his issues at work and at the ranch. It's all hands on deck.