Blurb A young officer of the Navajo Police is on the trail of an unknown person who paints volcanic vents east of the Chuska Mountains white. No big deal. But then the cop is shot, and Jim Chee has to pull his colleague out of the burning company car. Near the scene of the crime, Chee arrests the drunken shaman Ashie Pinto, who refuses to make any statement despite having a murder weapon in his waistband. For the FBI, the case is clear. Leaphorn and Chee, however, have increasing doubts: A missing history professor was apparently after Pinto's knowledge of Navajo mythology. Didn't a second pair of car headlights cross Chee on the night of the crime? And what does the shaman mean when he says that Coyote is always lying in wait outside?