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His name is Grudj, a misshapen, one-eyed hunchback.

He was less than a year old when a wagon wheel crushed his head, and he was left in a shallow grave. His only possession linking him to the white world was a heavy iron bar made by a mysterious blacksmith. When the Plains Indians discovered the abandoned infant with his iron bar, they made him one of their own. He became a water-dreamer, but as he was coming of age, Grudj committed sacrilege and was cast out of the village, just as the wagon train people had abandoned him.

Grudj set off for the high mountains, searching for a way to atone for his transgression, hoping to find the Old Gods and ask them to help The People. His vision quest is a journey marked by violence, mystery, and irresolvable conflicts between Grudj and the water spirit, the elements, and an elfin woman named Luned.

Praise for James C. Work

"This cleverly conceived and stylishly presented tale adds several levels of complexity to the standard western formula." —Booklist on The Tobermory Manuscript

"Work takes the concept of the mythic western and does it one better, outfitting an ancient tale in spurs and chaps." —Booklist on Ride to Banshee Cañon