It is 1907 and Stefan Vladeslav returns home after traveling for two years to find his family totally changed. His adopted cousin Katya's love affair with a Gypsy leads to an accidental death. Stefan's half brother, Ivan, who loves Katya, is hunted by the Gypsies seeking revenge for the death of the Gypsy girl. The members of the Vladeslav family must make radical changes and decisions in order to save Katya and Ivan.

The big sky introduces Boone Caudill, Jim Deakins, and Dick Summers, three of the most memorable characters in Western American literature. Traveling the Missouri River from St. Louis to the Rockies, these frontiersmen live as trappers, traders, guides, and explorers. The story centers on Caudill, a young Kentuckian driven by a raging hunger for life and a longing for the blue sky and brown earth of big, wild places. Caught up in the freedom and savagery...

Jason Starbuck's search for the Golden Fleece from the harbors of Salem to the harems of Tartary.

The Russians, financed by an unknown group, are determined to install their lackey as the new President of Cuba after the death of Castro, while a group of patriots want the U.S. to back their man.