"In a sudden ambush in a deserted valley, Walt Durand's horse is shot out from under him, and he's drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse against four men who want nothing more than to kill him in cold blood"--

Boone Terrell didn't want to return home. There were too many painful memories of the changes that had taken place among his Osage tribesmen after oil was discovered on their lands and the white men rushed in to help them spend the profits. But the mysterious telephone call telling him of the death of his close friend Acey Standing Elk brought Boone back home on the run. And when he learns that Acey had died by drowning, Boone's grief turns to burning...

"A young artist travels West to paint the Indians in their primitive state, but gets a lot closer than he intended when he is captured and held as a slave"--