After years on the move, hiding from those who falsely branded him an outlaw, Gordon Hawkes and his family at last have a real home the secluded Colorado Rockies.But everything changes when a prospector strikes it rich. Suddenly a Gold Rush hits the mountains, hard. The mining town of Gilder Gulch springs to life, teeming with greedy characters who can only mean trouble for Hawkes and his kin. But while Hawkes makes plan to move his family out of danger, his rebellious son Cameron, seduced by the dream of finding the mother lode, chooses to stay behind and stake a claim. Before long, Cameron is on the wrong side of a ruthless gang of men. And now Gordon Hawkes has to return to Gilder Gulch to wreak a terrible vengeance, and not even the U.S. Army can save the men he is out to kill. THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE GREATEST OF MOUNTAIN MAN SAGAS WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX VOLUMES AND OVER TWO THOUSAND PAGES OF COMPELLING FRONTIER DRAMA BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE HIGH COUNTRY TRILOGY.
