The Chief #2

Young Otter races against time to rescue Prairie Dove from the sun priests’ altar atop the ancient pyramid, where she’s been taken as a sacrifice to the sun god. Trapped within the walled city and facing the tribe’s sacred rites, their fates hang in the balance as the mountain makers’ secrets begin to unfold.

Fleet Hawk is cast out by the Wolf Clan after failing his manhood trial, forced to survive a season alone in the wild. When a pack of wolves attacks, he fights his way through, slaying their leader and claiming its pelt as a hood, becoming a shadowy protector of his people in secret. His deeds go uncredited—until the day he reveals himself.

Stone Hawk, shamed by his tribe and forced to choose between exile or life as a squaw, sets out to prove his courage by hunting the fearsome Demon Bear. With his wife Gentle Deer by his side, he faces the wilderness and a relentless predator, testing their resolve and bond.

In a rugged frontier tale from 1951, the Onondaga bride Moon Maiden and her Pawnee husband White Wolf set out for new hunting grounds, their bond tested by the wild and the unseen. As Moon Maiden shares her knowledge of trapping and the land, their partnership becomes a quiet force—tested when White Wolf is wounded by a wolverine, and her skill and devotion pull him back from the edge. When she exults in the abundance of game, he returns the praise to her, calling her strength a gift of the Great Spirit. Their love, forged in hardship, is the truest wealth they carry.