A dread supernatural enemy, the Yvwi Tsundi, and a secret device in the hands of one Cherokee! Handed down from grandfather to grandson for untold ages, the Gawonisgi Nvya or speaking stone holds the records of the Cherokees from the misty past. Soaring Eagle has walked the Trail of Tears bearing this remarkable device, and he has passed it on to his great grandson Phillip Shouting Crow. But Phillip lives in another age known as the 20th century. Can he use the tremendous knowledge of Soaring Eagle and his grandfather before him, Thunder Walking, to chart a course into the 21st century?