The discovery of a bear-ravaged body abandoned in the wilderness, some killer rapids, a fumigated lab, stolen research disks, and a stalled career all coalesce into the ripening madness that hauls zoology professor Cordi O Callaghan into some very wild, very dangerous places.

While the police label the wilderness mauling an accidental death, Cordi realizes that the theft of her disks is somehow related to the body she found in the woods. She must unsnarl the mess if she is to salvage her academic career. Cordi s athletically ingenious and hair-raising solutions to deadly encounters...

Cordi O'Callaghan is trapped on a remote island research station and in way over her head. While a hurricane rages, Cordi stalks a murderer -- or is it the other way around?

Zoologist Cordi O'Callaghan thinks she's in for a relaxing birdsong study at a research station on Spaniel Island, off the coast of South Carolina. But, as usual, she can't escape the chaos that follows her everywhere she goes. As a hurricane rages, trapping her and the rest of the researchers, the director of the station is found dead under troubling circumstances.

Unable to resist a mystery, Cordi...