The beautiful and mysterious Maxie Davis is an archaeologist living and working near Chaco Canyon with her colleagues and competitors, Randall Elliot and Dr. Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.

Actress Dawn Lewis has won film roles in National Security and Hard Ball. On television, she has appeared in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, CSI: Miami and Charmed.

In Hillerman's words:
"A woman, her short dark hair tucked under a cap, stood waist-deep in a trench watching. Luna parked [the] van beside an old green pickup. Even at this distance Leaphorn could see the woman was beautiful. It was not just the beauty of youth and health, it was something unique and remarkable."

A Thief of Time, Chapter 1