
Joe Leaphorn and his new deputy, Jim Chee, investigate a series of crimes on the Navajo reservation.

Leaphorn and Chee interview the witness to the motel murders; Manuelito investigates a new crime.

Chee and Manuelito investigate a kidnapping; Leaphorn brings home the bodies of the murder victims.

Leaphorn and Chee uncover a big break in the case; Manuelito makes a discovery of her own.

Leaphorn is thrown a curveball in the case; Manuelito faces her fears; Chee must make a choice.

Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito descend on the hiding place of the Buffalo Society, only to be confronted with hard decisions that could change the outcome of the rest of their lives.