Caribou Creek

The young Ri's mother's dying wish is that he do something to stop people from killing, "something that works". In Idaho, a young Native American girl, Lora, is violently raped. Years later, Ri, now a physicist, is frustrated in his attempts to translate the successes of physics to the human sciences. Lora, following tribal traditions has unknowingly promised to mate with her rapist. This is the story of Ri and Lora's stuggle to find love and a new science.