Kiannatah, a Netdahe warrior, falls in love with a half-breed woman and attempts to settle into the uneasy peace of his mountain hideout. But the encroachment of white settlements on the forced borders of Apache lands is fanning already simmering hostilities. Given free rein to control the Apache problem, General Nelson Miles pursues a war party into Mexico, bringing frontier specialist Joshua Barlow along as his campaign guide.But when Kiannatah's love is murdered by the bluecoats, the Apache embarks on his own campaign of vengeance-a blood feud that will result in a final reckoning between the Army's best Apache hunter and the fiercest Netdahe warrior of them all.