Window Rock, Az, is the last known location of Honor Roberts, who have vanished when she was just thirteen. It had been her only sanctuary from the Breed research that could surely have ended in her death-one such insidious test should, indeed, have wiped out her. That she lived can be both a miracle-and a great mystery.

Stygian’s mission is certainly to find Honor Roberts, no matter the cost. Now, by using Liza Johnson, helper to the chief from the Navajo Nation, he is nearer than ever to his objective. But will the discovery of Honor Roberts mean the devastation of the mating high temperature that has developed between Stygian and Liza?