Post Civil War Texas was in the hands of carpet-baggers and scalawags. The taxes imposed on rancher Josh McKeeg were exorbitant, and if he cannot not pay, he will lose his ranch. He must come up with a way to pay the taxes and help his neighbors as well. The solution lies in a cattle drive that reaches from the Brazos River in Texas to the mountains of Denver, Colorado. This is the second book in the saga of the McKeeg family.