[1] The primary antagonist in the story, Baron Von Nickle, commands his army to forcibly remove the villagers, leading Meʼma to flee but without the aid of her grandfather and wolf Bright Eye.

Escaping the attack with only her dolls, Xetacu and Tchesue, Meʼma begins her journey bringing to focus her extraordinary ability to communicate with the spirit world.

Along her path she confronts ghoulish characters, reacquaints with her wolf, and is carefully guided by unusual animals that try to help her overcome her fears and battle the Baron.

[2] The book includes a foreword by Oglala Lakota educator Corine Fairbanks who writes on the worldwide genocide of Indigenous people and the effects of industrialization, a common theme in Richards work.

[4] In 2023, Richards released an audiobook of his novel Me'ma and the Great Mountain narrated by Jessica Rose Felix with a foreword by Corine Fairbanks.