Crime marches on even as millions worldwide are dying because of a tiny crown-shaped virus. The BLD Holistic Detective Agency detective Lou, Dirk, Blackie, and Cheech Le Beak are investigating human and animal trafficking. They are investigating the bank scandal of millions of dollars of dirty money from human and animal trafficking. Their friend JEDI Cosmos is working at the bank, collecting evidence, and now must go into Witness Protection to save himself from the bad guys who don't want him to testify. JEDI disappears. Blackie and his friends take a cruise on the Columbia River as they wait to hear from JEDI and try to keep him safe. Grandpa Herc, the geologist, explains the prehistory of Missoula floods, volcanos, and tectonic movements. Meanwhile gangs of criminals who want to eliminate JEDI surround them on the cruise boat. A friendly robot attaches itself to Lou and Blackie. Some of the criminals threaten to blow up the Hanford nuclear plant on the river. There is evidence that rioters will attack the Washington State capitol. Will Blackie and Cheech stop the explosion, save Jedi, and save the state capitol building? A lot of detective work is going to be needed.

It is 1904 as a young Cayuse Indian hauls ice to pack into railroad carsa grueling job no white man would dream of considering. As a savage from the tribe that killed missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife in 1847, Blackie is unquestionably despised by many of the residents of the ramshackle frontier town of Walla Walla. Blackie, who prides himself on doing the best job he can, sprints between the icehouse and the railroad cars every day. While facing many indignities, Blackie perseveres through obstacles and somehow manages to find meaning and purpose to his life. But when he realizes that others want to steal the secret gold on his land, Blackie must not only outwit them, but also outrun them while he battles to the death keep what is rightfully his. As he earns a reputation with the locals for being an extremely fast runner, finds romance, and learns who he can trust, Blackie does something no Indian has ever done before. In this fiction tale inspired by a true story, a young Cayuse Indian sets out on an unforgettable quest to find his place in a world rampant with greed and oppression.