Strained already, the atmosphere on the plains crackles when a Dutch hired hand is found dead. The settlers accuse the Lakota, who insist on their innocence and know that much more than their honor is threatened. Their freedom, home, and very way of life is at stake. This novel probes a clash of cultures, lifestyle, and ways to know God and practice faith. Absorbing and sensitive, it seeks to understand the making of the West, the depths of humanity, and a God who 'can seem as vast and unknown as the prairie'.