Messing with God's Country

It is 1999 - an exciting time in Seattle. Tech companies are booming. New foundations are starting up. Garret Carter, an African-American lawyer, is hired by a conservation group to work on a land transaction containing old growth forest on the Skagit River. The land deal starts to come apart when the landowner's son-in-law Dan Gibbs reveals his sympathies for a hate group in North Idaho.
All of Garret's wits are tested when he discovers Gibbs hiding out on the property holding people at gunpoint. While confronting Gibbs, Garret must unravel the pitfalls and failings of his own life. Garret's dilemma and self-discovery are accompanied by Seattle's jazz scene and Ruthie, a botanist and dancer, who helps open his eyes to the beauty of the Northwest.