Lieutenant Everett Clayton "Tall Wolf" Hartensox tries to avoid excitement and to live by a simple code of honor in a fallen world. All he wants is a steady girlfriend and an honorable Air Force discharge so he can go home to become an electrical contractor in Central Pennsylvania. He did not plan on his life becoming a saga with unusual assignments that lead to violent encounters with the Viet Cong and a lost race of Scandinavian savages. Cause and effect play out in a Nordic forest that holds dark, deadly secrets including an unknown vicious animal species. The ripple effect of culture clash between progressives and traditionalists complicate the romantic interest of the American officer enamored with mature women. United States Air Force electronic countermeasures and archery collide with fury in a fantasy allegory of greed versus traditional intrinsic values.