Gillaas conscious mind has long forgotten her true identity as Wild Rose, daughter of tribal healer John Elk and his mate Pretty Moon, but the Cherokee Guardians assigned to her at birth have never let her go. Whether itas a feather dropped at her feet by an eagle, a mysterious healing, or a trip through a tunnel of magnificent light, Cilla is consistently given signs that lead her to the Path Great Spirit marked for her when she left the Blue Road of Sky. Consciously, she cannot know that the man she calls Uncle John is one of a band of thieves that kidnapped her from her parentsa village, or that the woman she calls aMamaa isnat really related to her. Only through faith in the power of a spiritual world few Anglos know does she discover her true self, the genuine meaning of family, and finally, knowledge of the Adanedi a the gift a she carries in her heart.