Raised by Kiowa tribesmen, Boytale is now 17 years old and filled with an insatiable thirst for the blood of his people's enemies. Across the prairie at Fort Levenworth, Kansas, 20-year-old army private James Rambling gears up for action as an Indian fighter. Even though his brother was killed fighting in the Civil War, Rambling is eager to test his mettle in battle and bathe in the glory of conquest. Though they don't know it yet, Boytale and Rambling are on a collision course that can only end in death.