In 1837 the first wagon train set out from Long Island headed west to Independence, Missouri. Claudia Humphries, a fiery young widow and the bold wagonmaster, Sam Brentwood are two of the travelers.

Virginia City! Boom town on the wild Nevada frontier! Atop the silver-rich mountains of the Comstock Lode were the desperate dreamers, thousands of men and women lured by the glittering promise of limitless wealth. But as the bountiful mother lode is mined, the nation itself is being torn apart by a burning confrontation that threatens to destroy America for ever.

Three nations clash as America's first wagon train travels into the heart of a crisis between England, Russia, and the United States.

The sweeping saga of America's great expansion and the invincible men and wome who braved the unknown peril of the vast frontier. Ever onward! They came from a young nation's East and West, from around the world--to claim new lands, new loves, new lives.

In 1844, the brave pioneers who forged the Oregon Trail are called upon to lead a new wagon trail into Texas and, along the way, must deal with outlaws, native tribes, the Mexican Army and a man who holds the fate of Texas in his hands.

Violence ignoted by the gliitter of gold. Men desperate to strike it rich. Families and farms forsaken in a wild rush West to stake a claim. String men and courageous women struggle across an untamed continent to gamble their last dollar in overnight boom towns or die bushwacked by outlaws. Some become valiant fighters in places where six-shooters keep the peace. No risk is too great, no depravity too low--when men catch gold fever and dream of quick...

Gold is found in Central City, and the frontier town of Denver becomes the magnet for hucksters, hustlers, and many of the friends from the wagon train.

#6 in Wagons West Series.

Toby Holt, son of the legendary wagonmaster Whip Holt, courageously accepts a presidential mandate to extend the Northwest Railroad across the hazardous Montana Territory. But Sioux war drums beat a fearsome warning to stay off their land - while the bloodthirsty Hastings gang launch their own wave of terror. At stake are the lives of Holt and his team, as well as his new bride Clarissa and his first love Beth. At risk is the future of America itself...