Only In Clerksburg

Brendan O'Brian travels to the little town of Clerksburg to assist a fellow attorney who is representing professional treasure hunters suing the federal government. When the attorney mysteriously disappears, O'Brian's one-day court appearance turns into an extended stay.

O'Brian quickly discovers that Clerksburg is anything but an ordinary town. The bank manager attempts to rob his own bank. The minister's wife does a public striptease. The local judge has a penchant for handing out ten dollar fines. And the mysterious Merchants Association seems to have more power than elected officials.

But perhaps the strangest thing about Clerksburg is its relationship with the military base in the national forest north of town. And that turns out to be a key factor in the treasure hunters' case against the government.