After treating a Yaqui elder, Dr. Baxter is summoned by the Yaqui wife of a Cavalry officer shot and wounded near Superstition Mountain, and a bigoted sergeant tracking down two deserters, both looking for a mine at the site.
A fight has been raging for years between two families over the ownership of a lake. Now there are only three members of each family left, and a court has finally handed down its decision.
While visiting the port town of Vista, Texas, Doctor Baxter comes across one of histories most fatal plagues.
A young boy finds himself accused of plotting to murder an important political figure.