The Civil War is over. North and South, battle-weary soldiers are returning home. But wounded veteran Toby Holt, son of legendary wagon-master Whip Holt, is riding west to claim a homestead on the Washington timberland - and reunite with a wife he barely knows. Here, amid the towering trees and untamed forests, they join other brave pioneers including General Lee Blake's daughter Beth, Holt's trusted partner Rob Martin, and a cargo of brides for the...

The Holt men each encounter deadly peril in their attempts to fulfill their destiny and help build the future of the country.

They staked their future on the grand open plains of Oklahoma - brave men and women determined to conquer the harshest challenges of a bold frontier. Unscrupulous land dealers, livestock fever, and lawless gunmen threaten not only their way of life but their greatest dreams. Now, with a savage range war brewing, the pioneers have one hope left: Toby Holt, son of the legendary wagonmaster Whip Holt. No man alive has a quicker draw or steadier aim than...

In the sun-scorched land west of Yuma, law and order do not exist. Desperadoes rule with brutal terror. Fearless settlers must struggle to survive - or die for their dreams - with a Winchester rifle as their redemption. In the hands of cavalry officer Reed Kerr, this superior weapon is the one true peacemaker in these harsh sandstone bluffs, overrun with commancheros. With his new wife Cindy Holt, he is prepared to fight for the freedoms that have...

In the spring of 1809, pioneers recording native plant and animal life are stranded on an island. When Blackfoot Indians attack, help comes from a trapper and his Sioux wife.

"To the brothers Clay and Jefferson Holt, the western territory is a land of breathtaking beauty and unlimited possibility--but also a place of lawlessness and sudden, brutal violence. Sworn to bring a longtime enemy to justice, Clay heads north to Canada and a dangerous showdown, while in far-off North Carolina, Jeff is stalked by a ruthless killer determined to destroy his family."--Back cover.

Some came for freedom, others for a new life. But in 1858, when gold is discovered in the Colorado region, thousands descend on Denver like a hungry swarm.

Only the most daring cross the River of No Return to enter this wild, lawless region. Mountains laden with riches lured prospectors burning with gold fever. Easy money brought ruthless young men with guns for hire. And hidden amid the vast forests of white pine were the war ponies of Shoshoni and Nez Perce--bloodthirsty Indian warriors who gathered to drive the white man from the red man's ancestral home.

Texas, a new republic battles for freedom and the same brave Americans that rode west to Oregon volunteer to defend her liberty.

Clay Holt is on a government mission to track a French nobleman suspected of illegal land-grabbing schemes and of conspiring with hostile Indians.