Beautiful Jordan Tidewater is tribal sheriff of the Quinault Indian Nation. As a shaman, she must hear the voices of her ancestors, yet remain an expert in the enforcement of today's law. When confronted with the body of a young boy the age of her son, peculiar markings make her suspect a Native American of the bizarre and brutal murder. Now she must delve into the buried past of her people for clues to a crime whose roots extend centuries deep into the soil and soul of the Pacific Northwest.