When archaeologists uncover a rare emerald figurine, it may or may not be the catalyst for a spate of murders plaguing Sheriff Lansing's community. Native American myth has it that the figurine casts a powerful curse over the land and many men would kill to possess it. The only key Lansing has to the mystery is the journal of his great grandfather. But the truth that lies before him now may be something he wishes he had never uncovered at all.