Andrew Jackson Sinnickson and Jack Powers are long-time enemies, so when the price of steers jumps from two dollars to one-hundred, and Andrew gets involved in the first California cattle drive which leads straight into Jack's territory, problems arise.

To escape painful memories, Joshua Roberts goes West and settles in a lawless mining town where he finds himself called to bring order as a constable.

When the Americans and Mexicans go to war over California, Will Reed and his family are caught in the middle with no where to go.

Tom Dawson finds himself in a difficult position when a group of Confederate conspirators tries to gain power in the California goldmines during the Civil War.