Older brother, Keith Gentry, is rooted in his Native American mother's culture and has found meaning and value in their medicine circles, sweat ceremonies, and powwows. His father, Sam, questions his paternity and treats Keith like he is someone else's son. Keith also is gifted with future sight by way of the Yellowbird clan from which he descends. Keith is being touted as the up-and-coming Chief Executive of the Tribal Council and desires to lead the Nagchaw Nation toward cultural renewal. *This is the prequel to As the Twig is Bent-Between Two Worlds.