Skye Fargo is in California at the behest of Hiram Stoddard, a powerful man who wants to establish the first stagecoach line along the Old Mission Trailand he's not the only one. But when Fargo sees how ruthless his would-be employer really is, he quits on the quick and sides with the competitionand the competition's lovely daughter. Now the Trailsman has to beat a path through the bush if he's going to make it out alive