"Jack Wells and a hunting companion assume the human skull they discover in a remote Colorado canyon is an ancient Indian burial, until Jack notices dental repair in one of the molars. Because it was found on unincorporated land, Jack reluctantly decides to take it to Sheriff James Dumas, a person he has tried to avoid. Jack's closest boyhood friend, Gilbert Rains, a Sioux orphan, had reported abuse while in Dumas' foster care. Then Gilbert disappeared. Dumas won't touch or even look at the skull. He accuses Jack of tampering with a burial site and threatens arrest. His actions seems excessive, Jack wonders if he has found the body of his missing friend. Jack returns to the site and finds the Medicine Point, secretly worn by Gilbert - but only they knew of its existence. Jack has evidence - useless evidence. But Dumas had kept other Sioux orphans. At least one other had vanished. What happened to him, or them. Can Jack find proof. Will he risk everything while trying? Everyone he cares about? Even his life?"--Cover.