Returning to the reservation he grew up on, and ran away from, to visit his dying mother, Joshua Brand is chosen to be the Warrior Healer, Wicasa Wakan. Forced to cope with new powers and responsibilities, and the old wounds from the life he deserted, Joshua will soon face a threat he could never imagine. What is it that Circle Sea Enterprises is trying to do with DNA from humans and animals? And can Joshua, even with help from Jon Sable, stop the rising threat that stretches all the way from the reservation to the streets of New York?