The story is formed around a fictional tribe of Indians, the Socikes.

Maria caught the bus to her Grandmother’s home on the Socike reservation, to leave her abusive husband only to find that her Grandmother had been elected Chief of the Squaws. Something that she hadn’t known, because of her husband’s objections of her going to the reservation and seeing her grandmother.

The book tells of the nation of the Socike who had a woman chief that ruled over the women of the nation and how women of the tribe could become braves to fight along with their counter parts of male braves.  The time of the story takes place in present time, but also gives some history of the Socike nation to let the reader know how some of their laws and beliefs came about.

Maria discovered that her Grandmother was knowledgeable with Indian herbs and medicines and an expert horseman even though she was old. While she was with her Grandmother she taught Maria some laws of the Socike Nation and the secrets of the Dream Catcher.

Maria decided to get a divorce from her abusive husband while she was visiting her grandmother, but her husband found her, and there was a fight, Maria was killed and her Grandmother was left in a coma.

Jack thinking that he had killed both Maria and her Grandmother went back to his home in Benson Arizona thinking he left no witnesses.

The Socike reservation police had a murder on their hands and the leader of the women in a coma. This was a dilemma in itself, but to add to the seriousness, Maria, her Grandmother and Maria’s younger sister Rosa who no one had seen for several years were the last descendants of a famed woman warrior, Eagle Woman. The trail of the killer led to Jack in Benson Arizona where the Socike police had no jurisdiction, so they worked with the small police force of Benson to try to prove that Jack O’Reily killed his wife Maria and caused her grandmother to go into a coma.

While the police were doing their job, Maria’s grandmother who was known as Pupa, which meant woman leader, came out of her coma and was determined to make Jack O’Reily pay for killing her granddaughter, but not by conventional means.

There is betrayal on the reservation by one who loves Jack and foils Pupa’s revenge on Jack O’Reily, but this betrayal will not go unchallenged.

Maria’s younger sister Rosa, who no one had seen for several years, sent word to Pupa that she would like to see her grandmother, but would have to go to a treatment center to dry out from her addiction of alcohol, first.

When Rosa arrives to be with her grandmother for a visit, her only thought was to see her and has no plans to stay on the reservation. After staying with her Grandmother and talking to her and others on the reservation, she entertains the idea of staying on the reservation and making a life for herself there, but doesn’t know if she can stay away from the alcohol. If she stays, she would have to stay away from the drink that has taken her down the wrong path. She knew that it would be very hard to stay sober, but to live around her grandmother who was the leader of the women in their tribe, it would be something that she would have to do or leave, to avoid the embarrassment to her grandmother.

Pupa is well versed with the spirit world and has to take a trip to the plane of her ancestors to get answers. On her trip she must fight the dreaded Sand Walker spirits.

After Rosa decides to stay on the reservation she has to fight her alcoholism and not take another drink. Pupa and the tribal Chief believe that she is the promised one whom prophecy has said would come and lead the tribe to prosperity, but the dreaded Sand Walkers are also aware of the prophecy and will come and fight the promised one. It is up to Pupa to teach her granddaughter the way of the spirit world to save her granddaughter.

The book is about adventure, romance and suspense. It is of strong women and of brave and noble people determined to make a better life for themselves.