Now a scout for the army, Jim Doolen feels trapped between the two worlds he has encountered during his three-year sojourn in the American south-west. Captured by his nemesis Ghost Moon and his band of Apache warriors, Jim is only saved from a slow and torturous death when his friend Wellington adopts him as a son. But now he is fighting on the wrong side. Will he be branded a traitor?

Other volumes in trilogy: v. 1 Written in blood ; v. 2 Ghost moon.