An excerpt from the novel tells of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana and shows how one man's dream to create an empire affects others. Includes background information about the author, the miniseries, and about life on the western frontier.
Set in the Cherokee nation not long after the Civil War tells the story of Zeke Proctor who is in trouble with the law after shooting his mistress and of Ned Christie who escapes to the Ozark Mountains after being unjustly accused of committing several murders.
Harmoney, a Vegas ex-showgirl, returns from work to discover her daughter, Pepper has died of AIDS. In order to come to grips with her loss, Harmoney leaves for New York City with her five-year-old son, Eddie, and two sisters on an adventure to find Pepper's girlfriend and find a way to accept Pepper's death.
Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.
The Berrybender family continues its journey of exploration, although beset by difficulties, tragedies, the desertion of trusted servants, and the increasing hardships of day-to-day survival in a land where nothing can be taken for granted.
