Chay Bowman, Navajo private investigator, rescues Scots visitors Kate Fenwick and her schoolboy son Luke from a kidnapping attempt by the Magic Men, a mysterious group of Atalos Indians. Chay is hunting the savage killer, animal or human, of two young boys from his own tribe. Increasingly attracted to Kate, he finds himself drawn into their lives. Luke has strangepowers, and Chay acknowledges that coincidence cannot account for the sinister events that have followed the Fenwicks' arrival and Luke's apparent good fortune in winning their vacation.