They were men without a past--determined to carve a future in the great American West.
Children of destiny born to a nameless dying woman, they grew strong, pitting themselves against the challenge of the new land she had longed to see.
Santee was willful, wild. His was a bid for conquest--over women, Indians, and the life force itself.
Jubal was quiet, cautious, but beneath his outward calm lay a drive for wealth and power that would eclipse his passion, his dignity, his pride.
Set against the vast virgin forests and hills of Kentucky, here is an American epic of love, violence, and burring desire, the thrilling adventure of...