Deputy Sheriff Maggie Hernandez, of Elk Hills, Colorado is called upon to investigate. The trail leads her to a nearby hot springs where a young botanist graduate student from Arizona State University has also died. Maggie's suspicion of a second homicide grows. The trail of evidence leads her to the Tonto National Forest where she coaxes an orphaned five-year-old Apache girl to safety. The young girl shows unusual psychic abilities and is kidnapped. Frantic, Maggie is caught between solving the murders and her desire to find the girl before it is too late.