A piercing scream filled the mountain air freezing Dusty and Mike in their tracks. Spurring their horses into a full gallop, they headed straight for the trapper cabin at Sheep Lake. Dusty could only pray they weren't too late Set in the modern day mountains of Washington state, Dusty Rose and his sidekick, Mike Dracopoulos, ride and pack their horses in the high country. Living in Eagleclaw, a small town on the outskirts of Seattle, Dusty has a law practice and Mike is his private investigator. With a bad divorce under his belt, he feels like he's pretty much got life figured out--until...

Dusty Rose, an attorney, and Mike Dracopoulos, his sidekick, head to the mountains again. Julie Wolfe, a friend from the Eagleclaw Backcountry Horsemen asks him to represent her in a divorce. Paul, her abusive husband, does not want the divorce and Dusty becomes the new focus of his anger. Going on a Backcountry Horsemen work party up to Buck Creek, Dusty hopes to clear his mind from the stresses of his law practice. He's still never gotten over the beautiful attorney he crossed trails with in the Pasayten, Cassie Martin. Then in she rides - with a dark haired stranger, Roy. Dusty realizes he...

When he's not practicing law, Dusty is riding in the high mountain country of the Pacific Northwest with his sidekick and P.I., Mike. Divorced, Dusty never imagined himself in a serious relationship again, until fellow lawyer and high country rider Cassie appeared on the scene. Dusty was reviewing files in his office, when his old pal Bill called with a case. "I have an outfitter friend down in Joseph, Oregon, who's being sued. A couple celebrating their anniversary on a pack trip in the Eagle Cap --the woman was killed during a day ride." Dusty accepts the case and looks forward to finally...