Susan Ryker is everywoman ~ a mother, an artist, a teacher. She's just been through a messy divorce. And then Susan Ryker watches a man in an airport die.Unknown to Susan, she is witnessing more than just his death. She is also witnessing the end of a relatively benign existence in the small town of Booker Bend, Oregon. Now, as she struggles up Skinner's Butte, she is on foot, out of shape, and running for her life. Susan Ryker is a target. And she has to get moving.