Investigating the disappearance of a priceless Navajo artifact, retired Tribal Police detective Joe Leaphorn receives a sinister warning at the same time a leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances.

Sergeant Jim Chee's vacation to beautiful Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell has a deeper purpose. He's on a quest to unravel a sacred mystery his mentor, the Legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, stumbled across decades earlier. Chee's journey takes a deadly turn when, after a prayerful visit to the sacred Rainbow Bridge, he spots a body floating in the lake. The dead man, a Navajo with a passion for the canyon's ancient rock art, lived a life filled with...

In this evocative tale that unfolds in the Southwest, a puzzling death revives interest in a murder case gone cold, a long-time missing person, and a legendary gold mine.

When small-time thief Billy Tuve tries to pawn a diamond, former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn comes out of retirement to investigate what appears to be a simple robbery. But soon the trail leads back fifty years, to a plane crash in the Grand Canyon that killed a man with a case of diamonds handcuffed to his wrist.