¿Save him, please, he is all that is left of me,¿ are the words that drive William MacLeod across a parched desert in hopes of survival.
A fanatical priest sent to convert and guide Indians in Mexico¿s most outlying province believes he must abduct a child in order to save its soul.
A woman is cast out of her home, and the mission where she sought refuge, for allowing herself to be violated by her father¿s chosen suitor.
William MacLeod must combat the shifting powers of government, and a Frenchman known for his killing skills, to search for his son in this vast land that is Alta California under newly independent Mexico.
And a beautiful young woman, taken from the streets of Vera Cruz, holds the answers, but must choose to sacrifice her own desires and cast aside the possibilities of a forbidden love to bring happiness to others.