Charles Fergus

Describes the efforts being made to save the panthers in Florida, discussing the captive breeding program, and examining the concerns of developers who regard the panther as a threat, as well as the position of animal rights groups that are using the issue as a rallying point.

"It's 1836 in the fast-growing town of Adamant. The young Pennsylvania Dutch sheriff Gideon has a new case when a beautiful woman - suspected of witchcraft and residing in a nearby German settlement - is murdered. Suffering from a head injury after a fall off his horse, Gideon can't recall anything that happened at the time of the woman's death. As flashes of memory return, he realizes that not only did he know the victim, he was with her the night...