Waking up in Strong's Creek is culture shock enough until novice pastor Billy Upshur encounters the Frog Hollow "welcoming" reception. Rattled at first, he discovers it's all part of the fear an impending natural gas pipeline strikes in the hearts of people who feel victimized by an energy company behemoth. He soon learns the pipeline will destroy the home of a Cherokee healer, Mama Jean Trakker. Local people respect her house as sacred property,...