A hiker passing through the Emigrant Wilderness on the Pacific Crest Trail may or may not be who people think he is. With trail names, who can tell?

But when a body turns up in an abandoned mine shaft, Ranger Dan Courtwright finds himself in the middle of a much bigger story, and it is up to him and Sheriff Cal Healey to get to the bottom of it.

Author Paul Wagner spent the first summers of his life in the Sierra Nevada where his father was a ranger. Since then, he has hiked thousands of miles in the mountains, and his website, backpackthesierra.com, has become a reference for outdoor enthusiasts. He has won international awards for his non-fiction books. This is the third of his Dan Courtwright mysteries.