Rain Bear is the chief of Sandy Point Village, head of the struggling Raven People. One day a strange and beautiful red-haired woman, Evening Star, stumbles into his council lodge and begs him for sanctuary. Rain Bear soon learns that she is an escaped slave from the North Wind People, a Caucasoid race and the Raven People's mortal enemies. If he offers to protect her, the North Wind People will attack, but if he sends her back, Rain Bear knows Evening Star will be tortured - and perhaps killed. When Evening Star warns Rain Bear that warriors are already on their way, he must decide at once if his people should run, or prepare for a prehistoric race war that could result in the Raven People's complete demise.
