Moved by the desire for adventure and a yearning to help the Ute
Indians, twenty-year-old Shiloh Wainright impulsively accepts a teaching
position at the White River Indian Agency in northwestern Colorado. The
new job, however, isn’t what she imagined it would be, and Shiloh soon
finds herself caught in the cross fire between the Utes, their
unyielding Indian Agent, and the unrealistic demands of the US
government. Her unexpected encounter with Jesse Blackwater, an
embittered half-breed Ute and childhood friend, only complicates matters
as they battle their growing feelings for each other amidst the
spiraling tensions threatening to explode into a catastrophic Indian
uprising.
