Washed in the Blood

They call him Rut. William Rutledge Elliott IV is Washed in the Blood, an almost born-again Baptist laying low on a remote island, skippering a seepy old freight barge and growing high-quality marijuana for a discerning clientele. While his chosen occupations are perilous, his life is peaceful and predictable until he discovers a strange track in an abandoned rice field - it’s the track of an animal that’s been officially extinct for over a century!

Ridiculed and rebuffed by the Department ...