Boone Terrell didn't want to return home. There were too many painful memories of the changes that had taken place among his Osage tribesmen after oil was discovered on their lands and the white men rushed in to help them spend the profits. But the mysterious telephone call telling him of the death of his close friend Acey Standing Elk brought Boone back home on the run. And when he learns that Acey had died by drowning, Boone's grief turns to burning...

Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. --Publisher

A principios de la década de 1920, los miembros de la nación indígena de los Osage, en Oklahoma, se convirtieron en las personas más ricas del mundo. Tras descubrirse enormes depósitos de petróleo bajo su reserva, los Osage vivían en mansiones, vestían con pieles y joyas costosas, viajaban en automóviles con chofer y tenían sirvientes blancos. Pero pronto, los Osage comenzaron a desaparecer misteriosamente o a morir asesinados, uno tras...