Revolution! Captured by Emiliano Zapata's marauding peasant army, young Barbara Ryan unexpectedly becomes the "Tiger of the South's" good-luck charm. They ride together into battle, defeating powerful enemies and escaping death time and time again. But can the unlikely duo survive the threats from within their own ranks?

Based on true events in the life of the author's grandmother and set in old Mexico during one of the great revolutionary upheavals of the 20th century, this story has something for everyone ? madness and bravery, treachery and gallantry, promise and despair.