Cultural Landscapes

Life hasn't been kind to Haley. In his early 30's a database developer and once a covert CIA operative he has an alter ego who emerges when violence threatens. A half Irish half Jewish orphan he retreated to a workaholic existence after his wife died in an accident. Then Haley met Montana-born Episcopalian Willi Mayers a master at verbal jousting able to eat enormous quantities of food without gaining weight. As they develop a Cultural Landscapes System for the National Park Service a cryptic note appears with the message 3912. More notes appear and Haley's formerly submissive alter ego becomes aggressive. In Montana Haley tries to effect a rapprochement between Willi and her father only to return home to face a personal tragedy that frees his alter ego to take vengeance on a merciless killer. His future with Willi at stake Haley must confront a violent adversary from his past while deciphering the true meaning and intent of the notes.