After leaving his job as sheriff of Boulder, Sam Brown decided to visit his sister and her family on their ranch south of Denver but discovers the ranch empty. He searches to find them, and what he discovers becomes his mission that would change his life in a way he could never have expected.

"After the final battle of the Civil War, Confederate Sergeant Travis Kane rode his Yankee horse away from Palmito Ranch to return to his ranch in Uvalde County. As he began the two-hundred-and-fifty mile ride across West Texas, Travis was grateful for surviving the long, bloody war without being wounded. But now that the fighting was over, his biggest concern was for his young wife because he hadn't received a letter from Lillian in almost two years....