Reunited by a grave robber and a corpse, Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe
Leaphorn is trying to determine the identity of a murder victim, while Officer
Jim Chee is arresting Smithsonian conservator Henry Highhawk for ransacking the
sacred bones of his ancestors.
But with each peeled-back layer, it becomes shockingly clear that these two
cases are mysteriously connected -- and that others are pusuing Highhawk, with
lethal intentions. And the search for answers to a deadly puzzle is pulling
Leaphorn and Chee into the perilous arena of superstition, ancient ceremony, and
living gods.