In D. L. Birchfield's Field of Honor, a secret underground civilization of Choctaws, deep beneath the Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, has evolved into a high-tech culture. Here Choctaw traditions are safe from the cultural genocide being waged in the world above. Underground, rows of corn stand tall and ripe in brightly lit greenhouses, and great games of stickball are played in the dark in huge stadiums with glowing balls. But crisis is about to strike, threatening the community's continued existence. Into this idyllic world stumbles P.P. McDaniel, a half-blood Choctaw Marine Corps deserter from the Vietnam War, who has the great misfortune of suffering from Stockholm Cowardice Syndrome Dysfunction. Reeling from culture shock and struggling for survival, McDaniel becomes entangled in political intrigue and an unlikely romance in this story rich with anthropological and political satire.