In this introductory novel to the series we meet handsome, fourteen-year-old Jake. He is the great-great grandson of a powerful Sioux medicine man. Jake is caught between the rich ranching world of his white father, and the mystical traditions of his Sioux mother. On one level, he is a normal teenage boy, somewhat distant from his father, seeking to know who he is and trying to reconcile his life. On another, he must learn to use an ancient power passed down to him by his great-great grandfather. Wolf, Jake's Golden Retriever, is a loyal confidant and intelligent "buddy" on the order of Rin-Tin-Tin. Pamela Kramer is a beautiful, smart, classmate. Jake, Wolf and Pamela are catapulted into a mystery that changes his life.