Teenager Jax Yazzie is being hunted by a skinwalker, a witch with the ability to disguise itself as an animal, according to the Navajo culture. A half-blood Navajo orphan living with his white aunt, Jax takes a new boy in town under his wing a few days before a new school year. Stuck between two cultural worlds, Jax discovers the sinister motives of the paranomal predator hunting the area and begins a fight for his life. If being hunted by a monster wasn't enough, Jax's best friend Janey is fading further and further away for mysterious reasons.

When the skinwalker sets his sights on Jax, he must find a way to save himself and the ones he loves before it is too late. "Bones of the Fathers" is a young adult horror novel that will have you crawling out of your own skin.