When a missionary priest is killed in a remote area of Guatemala, the new priest, must learn if his death was an accident or a murder. If it was murder, was he killed by the drug cartel, the military, the Governor of the province, the CIA, or something even more sinister? The book explores one year in the life of the new priest, a year in the life of the fascinating culture of Guatemala, and a year in the life of the church the priest represents.