Hubie Schuze makes his living illegally digging up and selling Anasazi pots. But when DNA shows that a John Doe found in Albuquerque's Old Town is related to Hubie, he needs to dig into the past to uncover a long-buried family secret. Hubie's attempt to identify his unknown relative and discover whether the puncture wound that killed him resulted from an accident or a stabbing becomes a journey of self-discovery that threatens to change Hubie's life. And in a bizarre final twist, a link between fictional Hubie and the real author who created him is revealed.