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A classic tale that features all the beloved subjects and icons - stagecoaches, gold rush towns, and whiskey bars - that represent the romance and excitement of America's frontier.

Rick Lindquist, scout under Colonel Kit Carson, is ordered to lead an Army of destruction against the Navajo driving them out—or killing them. Captured by the Navajo, Rick meets meets Micaela Castaneda, daughter of near-by rancher, who has grown up among them and argues the Navajo cause forcefully. This was their home, their country. And the U. S. government had signed a treaty granting the land to them in perpetuity.

Marc Challon had both money and power. His father and mother had built the majestic XO cattle ranch, a hundred-acre empire of waist-high grassland. And he had inherited it. But money and power spawn greed—and greed creates schemers. With all the responsibilities of running the XO, Marc didn’t need any more problems. But slowly he discovered he had married one: Marcy Bennett, a land-hungry temptress whose very existence threatened to tear the heart out of his family and their empire.

Alan Brill, a young cavalry officer, is confronted with a dreadful dilemma. The Army has the Apache war Chief's son, but the Apaches have a general's daughter. The dilemma might be solved, but probably only in a way that will satisfy the buzzards that are indifferent and can afford to wait patiently.

The profit motive destroyed the weak and emboldened the strong, and pitted the ruthless power of the big merchants against the wildness and cunning of the mountain men.