One day while rock climbing in the desert, University of Arizona graduate student Chris Fanning makes a discovery that will change his life forever. In the sand, recently unearthed by a tornado, he finds a human skeleton. The skeleton shows no trace of flesh, fascia, or soft parts. Fanning takes the bones to the university where he consults with various experts who lead him to one inescapable, and disturbing, conclusion about the bones. His journey leads him to the one person who can unlock his puzzle, a professor of pathology and molecular biology. The professor, who happens to be a full blooded Navajo, lets Fanning in on a secret plan that could not only change their lives but alter the course of human history.