Is it destiny or chance that brings Cuchillo Oro – the proud Apache of the famous golden knife – into the desert to interrupt a gruesome scene of blood and death?

The Indian is drawn into a deadly conflict surrounding a mystical Oriental woman, Water Lily, who possesses a disquieting blend of irresistible physical attraction and awesome spiritual power.

Her story is a strange one, threaded with brutality and teeming with bizarre ritual, and once again Cuchillo is fighting in a world where fear and terror are a way of life, where death will strike whoever moves last...