More than eight hundred years ago, Standing Pine guided his people to the Hopi mesas after losing his beloved Purple Flower to the Aztec warrior aGold Man.a With his devotion to the Hopi people and the gold of this alanda at stake, Masauwu has waited almost a millennium for the right time and person to fulfill destiny. Since that long ago time the Hopi have sought to reunite these two lost spirits and allow them to bring the life-giving rains that will cleanse their souls and rejuvenate the people. Enter Philo Hodgdon, a native New Mexican with no Hopi blood. He begins a journey into the past to reunite the lost lovers while battling ancient and modern evil to bring the promise of rain to the Hopi. Philo and his friends wage war against all odds, with a reward of gold waiting if they can prevail against the past and present malignant evil.