SELECTED BY THE LITERARY GUILD
"Extraordinary...If you take up no other novel this year, or next, this
one will suffice to hold, to disturb, to enlighten and to inspire
you."
NEWSDAY
Early in this century, rivers of oil were found beneath Oklahoma land
belonging to Indian people, and beautiful Grace Banket became the
richest person in the Territory. But she was murdered by the greed of
white men, and the Graycloud family, who cared for her daughter, began
dying mysteriously. Letters sent to Washington, D.C. begging for help
went unanswered, until at last a Native American government official,
Stace Red Hawk, traveled west to investigate. What he found has been
documented by history: rampant fraud, intimidation, and murder. But he
also found something truly extraordinary--his deepest self and abiding
love for his people, and their brave past.