Tedford Theodore and Tanjakwunu discover gold on their property near Almont, Colorado, but they also realize that United States' mining laws will award this gold to their neighbors, The Devil's Own Mining Company. Believing the law unfair, the two middle-aged friends decide to work the mine secretly at night. They risk imprisonment or worse: other miners in the area have recently turned up dead. Their work goes undiscovered for well over a year until...

This novella combines historical western elements with some seemingly supernatural. It weaves and unweaves the shared tale of several unusual, memorable individuals including a Haitian priest, twin outlaw brothers, a Woman's Suffrage activist, and an Icelandic Horse, short in stature, but tall in intelligence.