This novel vividly recounts the actions of three protestors disabling bulldozers to protect the land from a housing development. Two brothers—Don and Drew--grow marijuana on a nearby ranch and raise savvy pit bulls. In a bar brawl on the Colorado river, Don dives into the water to get away. An assailant follows, they grapple, and one of them drowns. An acquaintance escapes from a mental institution, steals his father’s motorcycle, money and identity, and pursued by the police, leads them t...