Alvin and Ta-Kumsaw leave Detroit and journey toward the Land of the Flints, where Alvin reunites with Taleswapper. The meeting brings grim news: Alvin’s brother Measure has been captured, brutally tortured, and faces execution. At the same time, Taleswapper warns of an impending attack — white men from Vigor Church, allied with Governor Harrison’s forces, are preparing to assault Prophetstown, the settlement of the Native people. Despite their urgency, Alvin and Ta-Kumsaw realize they cannot reach Prophetstown in time to prevent the massacre. This issue raises the stakes, pushing the story from prophecy and vision into immediate peril, with both personal and cultural survival hanging in the balance.