Leader of the Indian scouts Lieutenant Roan Kimball's orders are find and destroy the mysterious renegade known as Sanaco and stop his trafficking in white hostages. Roan's personal sense of outrage is strong. He once witnessed the return of a little girl to the father who had sold all he had for her ransom. She was blonde‚ blue–eyed and had the scar her father described — except the scar was fresh. Only Sanaco could be so heartless as to mutilate a child and pass her off as the real hostage for his personal gain. This mission is rife with peril — some of Kimball's own making — and he will have to fight valiantly for his honor‚ his integrity and his life before it is over.