Life as he knew it had been turned upside down for Travis King, returning from fighting for the south, only to find his family dead or missing. Striking out west to start a new life, hooks up with a cattle drive going to Kansas, finding honest work and new friends, and plagued by an outlaw family, the Massey's, venturing into the Montana territory to trap animals for their hides, engaging in many conflicts with hostile Indians. Returning to Texas to find true love.