Dr Hannah Green - heroine of Praetzellis's textbook-as-novel "Death by Theory" - has really got into trouble this time. The archaelogist has been asked to manage the contract archaeology project at a historic site in New Zealand when the regular archaeological staff of University of Invercargill abruptly dies off. On the scene, Hannah discovers she needs to teach her team about research design, survey methods, archival research, professional ethics, curation and field safety, if they are to complete the contract before Mr Wallace levels the site in favour of a golf course. This textbook-as-novel introduces students to the hows and whys of field methodology in an entertaining but informative way.