Radio Free Vermont

As the host of Radio Free Vermont - ''underground, underpowered, and underfoot'' - seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an ''undisclosed and double-secret location.'' With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio show must remain untraceable, because in addition to being a lifelong Vermonter and concerned citizen, Vern Barclay is also a fugitive from the law...