Kirk is the only one who can see the range war coming when his father, who rules the Tomahawk ranch with an iron will and controls the best grazing land in Salt Creek Valley, refuses to acknowledge the rights of the settlers in the Valley.

Murdo Morgan returned to Paradise Valley, Oregon, expecting trouble. Sixteen years earlier, his father had planned to help hundreds of families settle in the valley. Not wanting to lose their spread, local ranchers had murdered Morgan's brothers and driven his family away. Now Morgan owned half the valley, but he'd had to borrow money from ruthless bankers to buy the land. With the ranchers gunning to stop him from selling his acres to new settlers,...

In "Trouble at Gold Plume," Jim Harrigan is a former lawman who is hunting down his brother-in-law, Rush Kane, believing that Rush's dishonesty caused Jim's sister's death. In his pursuit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly war for gold. "Twin Rocks" is the ranching community Morgan Dill abandoned three years ago following the death of his father. His fiancée had broken their engagement after learning Morgan's sister would control the ranch...