Jim Harrison is a Physics professor at Idaho State College in Pocatello Idaho. His Uncle Charlie is a janitor at the nearby National Reactor Testing Station (The Site). Charlie had been a hobo, but is settling down with his Rottweiler Colby in aMoreJim Harrison is a Physics professor at Idaho State College in Pocatello Idaho.
His Uncle Charlie is a janitor at the nearby National Reactor Testing Station (The Site). Charlie had been a hobo, but is settling down with his Rottweiler Colby in a cabin on Scout Mountain. It is the 1960s and security is tight at the Site. Sabotage by Soviet spies is a possibility and both Jim and Charlie inadvertently get involved. The story builds to a crisis and resolution on Scout Mountain where a dangerous Soviet spy is captured with the help of Colby.