As internal conflict threatens to destroy the Elk-dog tribe, they must find a way to band together under a new leader to fend off an aggressive tribe known as the Head Splitters.
Red Feather, the half-French brave who has traded with the Spanish for many summers, cannot read the signs of change when he comes to Santa Fe on a trading trip. His blindness to the conflict lands him behind bars in the tense days prior to the Pueblo uprising.