Deborah Graham, mourning the deaths of her brother and father in the Civil War, accepts the offer of marriage from a distant relative in Texas, but her dreams of a happy life come crashing down when her husband is killed and she is sentenced to hang for his murder.

The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.

"When the express office in Gunlock, Texas, is robbed and the agent killed, a posse is organized to capture the young man whose gun was found at the scene of the crime in this western novel of murder and a manhunt, with their effects upon both the hunters and the hunted"--

Taabe Waipu flees her Comanche village to find her real family in the white world. When stagecoach driver Ned Bright finds her injured in the road, he wants to help reunite her with her family, but the Comanche have other ideas.

Elizabeth Evans, whose brother lost his life working as editor of a newspaper exposing the dangers along the United States-Mexican border, is kidnapped by Manuel Diego, a rogue general, and as Texas Ranger Jake Nelson tries to rescue Elizabeth, he begins to feel very attracted to her.