An orphaned frontier lad and his pet bull meet up with a rancher who teaches the boy to ride, rope, shoot and to become a cattleman.

When a violent scuffle between buffalo hunters and a party of Indians puts Redemption in the middle of a range war, Marshal Bill Harvey must find a way to keep the town and its residents safe.

"The town of Redemption surely does need some--especially with a crooked marshal in charge. Texas cowhand Bill Harvey, injured in a cattle stampede on a drive through Kansas, is laid up in Redemption waiting to heal. Tended to by a shopkeeper's lovely daughter, Eden Monroe, he figures there are worse places he could have ended up... But the longer Bill stays in Redemption, the more he gets the feeling that there's something wrong. A series of unexplained...

A young couple leaves Ohio for the promise of a new life on the Kansas plains. They settle a prime tract of farm land near Lawrence, Kansas. A second young couple slips the bonds of slavery in Missouri. Circumstance brings them together. Set against the backdrop of a nation divided over the issue of slavery, the young settlers fight to hold their land and realize the future that unites them. Opposed by powerful forces they face human treachery, hostile...

Tom Shanaghy is tough, but when he becomes marshal, he will have to prove he is tough enough to overcome the resentment of the townspeople and outwit gold thieves.