The Upright Man

Uord Hopkins, byvshij agent CRU, v pogone za "solomennymi lyud''mi" zastaet sredi lesistyh kan''onov v okrestnostyah gorodka YAkima, shtat Vashington, zhutkuyu po zhestokosti kartinu: telo muzhchiny, privyazannoe k metallicheskomu shestu takim obrazom, chto kazhetsya, on shagaet k opredelennomu mestu. Dalee obnaruzhivaetsya eshche odin chelovecheskij trup, a nevdaleke ot nego — hizhina, polnaya me...