He came home to start over. But trouble came first.

Sawyer McCade came up hard, shaped by war and trained to kill as a soldier for the Confederate Army. But those days are behind him now. Sawyer returns to Kansas with one goal-build a quiet life as a rancher. The land is ready, the cattle are coming, and a woman from his past may just make it all complete. For the first time in years, the future looks promising. But trouble finds him fast.

When word reaches him that the herd-and the men driving it-have been ambushed on the trail, Sawyer is forced to saddle up once more. Outlaws and Apaches hold the key to his future hostage, and justice isn't coming unless he delivers it himself.

With everything he's worked for hanging in the balance, Sawyer must walk the line between the life he wants and the man he used to be.

Will he find peace at the end of the trail, or lose himself to the fight once more?