On December 29, 1862, thirty -eight full-blooded and mixed blood Sioux Indians were hung in Minnesota for various crimes against white settlers during what was known as the Great Sioux Uprising. The crimes were in retaliation for corrupt and questionable actions on the part of the government concerning treaties that were not honored. The hangings are known as the largest mass execution in United States history.
Within the cultural diversity of the tiny town of Moccasin Flats lies a dark past that has threatened the lives of people who live here for over 100 years. An evil stalks the town and numerous murders that occur here continue to go unsolved. A curse spoken from the gallows in 1862 is the only clue to the horrible killings that go on here.
Father Wilson O'Rourke has lived in Moccasin Flats for over forty years and is privy to the details of the Ghostkiller curse. He can recite passages in the bible that correlate between scripture and the prophecy however, he is unprepared to accept that an ordinary Indian boy is the town's only salvation.
Kyle is a 7th generation Ghostkiller whose ancestor was hung during the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862. Falsely accused of taking part in the carnage, the original Ghostkiller was pardoned by President Lincoln, but an overzealous and corrupt General ignored this detail.
Arriving back into town after a long absence, Kyle is ready to face the curse head on, however changing things are much easier said than done. Not only is he being accused of the latest murders, but his jilted, childhood sweetheart threatens to sabotage his every move.
Chase Riley is an ex cop from Los Angles who took a job at Moccasin Flats to escape the horrors of police work in the big city. The last thing he expects to come across is four mutilated bodies after only six months on the job. When he's told about the Ghostkiller curse Chase balks, but a visit by a ghostly apparition convinces him there is more to the curse then just a legend.
Mason Crow Walker is Chief of Police for the tiny town of Moccasin Flats. A mixed blood who grew up on the reservation, he has witnessed some of the horror of the curse firsthand. Mason helped found the American Indian Movement and is not surprised when his nemesis from that era, Special Agent Lee Tarkington, arrives in town to investigate the latest murders. Agent Tarkington is a murdering rebel, hell bent on trumping up a charge and any Indian will do. As well as going after Kyle Ghostkiller, Tarkingtons' agenda also includes Mason Crow Walker.
Nina Bolton was adopted by Kyle's aunt after her parents were killed in a car accident. At the tender age of six, 'Little White Horse' was raised Indian and fell hard for Kyle while growing up with him on the reservation. When Kyle left the rez as a teenager, Nina never forgave him for leaving her. Now that he's back she wants him to beg her forgiveness, but instead ends up playing a role in the very curse that tore them apart.
It's a race between good and evil when this group is thrown together to save Ghostkiller from the hangman's noose and make changes that will forever alter history for all Plains Indians.
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