在1528年，一次西班牙的远征军到达佛罗里达的海岸。他们在那里建立了自己的文化，外面的人为得到里面的资源，对他们进行了大势的攻击。他带领自己的族人与来袭的敌人进行了抵抗，最后他们能否战胜敌人，保护自己的族人呢·..

An international award winning saga of old Mexico. In 1528, a Spanish expedition founders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past