Enter into Shoshone Valley, home of the Kendal Bauxite Mine, where there is a deserted Anasazi village constructed by a people who dated well beyond the first millennium, and Cactus Charlie's Saloon. In this beautiful high desert valley there are several individuals who have decided to spend their lives here, even after the mines have been scavenged and a town has virtually disappeared. When an angry woman enters their sanctuary seeking out her biological grandmother, she discovers a world of individuals who, over time, change her anger into a newborn friendship. She has come to condemn, but instead discovers herself and a new-found love. She falls under the spell of a secret Anasazi spirituality and becomes of a small but vigorous group determined to keep the Mojave their home.