It's 1867 and eleven-year-old Fish Rawlings and his cousin are headed
across Texas on a wagon train. But the trail is full of danger. A
Comanche war party is on the prowl, looking for horses and scalps. Among
the Indians is eleven year old Hunting Bear, who is riding his first war
trail. Before the journey is over, he must prove himself worthy to be a
warrior.
Fish has been taught to hate Comanches. Hunting Bear has been taught to
hate white men. But all of that changes when the two boys come face to
face and become friends.
Suddenly the lives of their peoples rest on the boys' shoulders. The
Comanches have sworn to attack the wagon train. The white men have vowed
to fight back and track down the warriors. Soon there will be bloodshed,
and only Fish and Hunting Bear have a chance to stop it. But will they
find a way?