The disappearance of a local politicians teenaged daughter is major news in Minnesota. As a huge manhunt is launched to find her, Cork OConnors grandson stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe womanbut nobody seems that interested. Nobody, that is, except Cork and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police. As Cork and the tribal officers dig into the circumstances of this mysterious and grim discovery, they uncover a connection to the missing teenager. And soon, its clear that Corks grandson is in danger of being the killers next victim.