On a bleak Christmas morning, Sewa Tribal Police Officer Heather English patrols a desolate canyon on the Arizona reservation.160;Her father, the Benteen County, Kansas Sheriff, is lonely enough with no family around to go work at his office.160;On the way, Sheriff English calms a wild incident in a church parking lot.160;Then receives a death threat.160;The crèche, at the center of the town"s largest holiday yard display, has been desecrated.160;Its owner plans to kill the neighbors he suspects are responsible.160;To keep their husband and father home, his family gives the sheriff the man"s guns and promises not to let him make trouble.160;Soon the county fills with rumors that the sheriff is systematically violating Second Amendment rights and seizing every weapon.160;A local militia turns out, locked and loaded, and ready to do what it takes to stop him.160;Meanwhile, in Arizona, Heather stumbles on the newly-elected governor, newly murdered.160;A note explains his death is part of a drug war.160;His killer promises Heather she"ll be among the victims.160;Her Uncle Mad Dog, a Cheyenne wanna-be shaman, is involved.160;Someone thinks Mad Dog is a drug lord and sends him a last minute giftmdash;a severed human hand.160;Careful police work, a little Cheyenne magic, and maybe a Christmas miracle are needed to restore peace on earth.160;One slip, however, and Mad Dog, Sheriff English, and Heather will rest in peacemdash;eternally160;