Samuel Hunter is a successful professional in California when he falls in love with Calliope Kincaid. But Calliope brings with her an ancient Indian god named Coyote, who reminds Sam of his childhood in Montana when he was known as Samson Hunts Alone. At age fifteen, Samson fled the Crow reservation after a deadly misunderstanding with the law. Now, at age thirty-five, Sam is forced to travel from his current existence to his mystical past.