The Trail of Tears: one of the darkest and most shameful deeds in U.S. history and it ends in Fort Smith. Fort Smith: a small town living under the shadow of a curse that threatens the lives of its citizenry. Detective Sergeant Ellis Morgan: a homicide detective who gets the job done, but is he good enough to face off with a pack of blood-thirsty were-creatures and their leader-one of the old gods, a living curse made flesh? Daniel Graycloud: an itinerant old Cherokee whose secret knowledge and save or condemn a town. Alice Harvey: a beautifully attractive and sensual young woman. But is her beauty only skin deep?