Caleb Landers travels into the Rocky Mountains and then to Alta California. The violence that was commonplace in this period of history is brought to life by Caleb and Maria as they not only fight Indians and renegade whites, but also the elements while crossing the frontier. Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. The lands from Texas to California first belonged to Mexico, then to Texas. Mexico owned the territory which stretched from Santa Fe to the 42nd parallel to the Sierra Nevada Mountains-including what is now Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Colorado. It was a vast...

The Comstock Virginia City, Nevada 1872 Charles, Frederico and Mayhew were walking down the main street of Virginia City when Charles saw a strangely clad person riding a large gray horse toward them as they waited to cross. He knew who it was, but he was puzzled because she was dressed like a Mexican peon. "Lu, is that you?" His inquiry was pleasant, so he was surprised when she said, "Let go of that bridle, Charles. I don't know you and you don't know me." She pulled back on the reins and rode to the back door of the Landers Saloon. Inside the saloon, sitting at a back table were four men....

The small mining town of Rumpah, Nevada is the setting for this riveting story of human ambition and the Old West. Author Frank W. Lewis deftly weaves an intricate thriller that brings together three people consumed by their personal agendas and motives--the first one driven by visions of wealth and fame, the second by revenge, and the third by a calling only he understands. Steeped in local color and historic details--the author is an old hand at mining--the plot twists and turns with the purpose of a posse hot on the trail of a gang of outlaws. Rumpah is about the redefine the Western...