Audio Book Description:
The victim, stripped of identification, is found at the edge of the vast Jicarilla Apache natural gas field just inside the jurisdiction ofthe Navajo Tribal Police, presenting Sergeant Jim Chee with a complex puzzle. Why did the Washington office of the FBIsnatch custody of this case fromits local agents and call it a hunting accident? What was thevictim seeking among the maze of pipelines and pumping stations in America`s largest gas field?Was he investigating the embezzlement ofbillions of dollars from the Indian Tribal royalty trust in the Department of the Interior? On a level nearer to Chee`s heart, did photographs Bernie Manuelito had taken on an exotic game ranch near the Mexicanborder reveal somethingconnected with this crime? HadBernie, once a member of his squad but now a rookie Border Patrol Officer, put herselfin terrible danger? Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn helps Chee connect the lines on a dusty old map to find the answers - and the Sinister Pig - among the great Scimitar-HornedOryx grazing on the historic old Tuttle Ranch.
