Armed with only a Colt rifle, a Bowie knife, and courage as big as the West, Ten Chisholm-the bold, illegitimate son of frontier scout and plains ambassador Jesse Chisholm and a Cherokee woman-arrives in the heart of Comanche country with a price on his head. His only crime: loving the beautiful daughter of a powerful New Orleans gambler who has promised her to a wealthy man she hates. Now that Ten has returned to the harsh Texas brakes with a team...

Lonnie Kilgore and his fellow Texans, headed for home after the scramble of the California Gold Rush, change direction when they hear about a lush range waiting to be claimed in northern Utah, but they do not realize the land along the Green River comes equipped with trouble from Indians, the law, and women.

Nathan Stone, having developed a taste for vengeance while seeking out and killing the men who murdered his family, goes on to fight for survival against some of the most feared outlaws of the wild West.