Primatologist Darrian Stone has made the find of the century. She has located the legendary Big Foot - the Sasquatch. To protect the North American Great Apes - shy, gentle creatures who have come to trust her - she guards her research project with uncompromising ferocity. Nikki compelled by her vision of a woman she has seen only in film and photograph, is determined to scale the storm-lashed heights of Darrian Stone's mountain in the Pacific Northwest, knowing only that she must be part of the Great Apes Project, that she must be with Darrian. As Nikki struggles to earn the right to be among the Great Apes, she uncovers an erotic passion in Darrian Stone the fully matches the legend of the woman. The pressures on Darrian increase - from a ruthlessly intrusive press, from politicians, from Darrian's own scientific community. And Nikki is called upon to make an ultimate act of allegiance to Darrian and the creatures for whom Darrian has dedicated her life. Calling Rain is a stunning tale of passion - and of loyalty to the best in ourselves and the preservation of our world.