In the 1860s, a woman and her family embark on a perilous wagon train journey to her uncle's ranch in the Montana Territory, during which she meets an embittered trail guide.

Colter Farrow is on the run from bounty hunters sent by a sadistic sheriff who branded his face. He finds refuge in the remote Cheyenne Mountains, working on a small ranch run by Cimarron Padilla and his beautiful adopted daughter, Pearl. Colter thinks he's found sanctuary at last. But after a savage group of ruthless killers steals a cache of gold, slays Cimarron, and takes Pearl hostage, Colter is back on the vengeance trail. Aided by an aging deputy...

Wind River became the newest railhead in wild Wyoming Territory -- a town ripe for trouble. The big man in the bearskin coat brought a blizzard of it. Two men were dead before anyone knew Yancy Rowlett's name. Then Henry Turner showed up, accusing him of murder. As the wolves circle and the bullets fly, Marshal Cole Tyler learns it is one thing to stop the slaughter and another to learn the truth.