The Wind River Reservation threatens to explode as the body of a murdered white man is found in a troubled area of the region and the victim's widow vows revenge, unless Father John O'Malley and Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden can uncover the truth.
When Arapaho Ned Windsong is shot to death, his fianc ̌Marcy is the only witness. And when the men Marcy has accused of murdering her fianc ̌are found dead in an abandoned barn, Vicky and Father John realize they are caught in a web of lies and deceit woven by a master.