As far as the eye can see is a vast, empty horizon. Evie Teale has finally accepted that her husband won't be coming home. To make ends meet she runs a temporary stage station. But though she is diligent and careful, Evie must prepare for the day when the passengers no longer come and she must protect her children in an untamed country where?s it's far easier to die than to live. Conagher is a lean, dark-eyed drifter who is not about to let a gang...

Matt Bardoul receives a mysterious warning not to go with the wagon train taking gold seekers to the Big Horns, but is determined to seek his fortune.