Jeston Nash knew horses -- he'd stolen enough of them in his time. But the lookalike cousin of Jesse James was going respectable, almost. Then, in a New Orleans teeming with drunks and blue uniforms, he sold a horse toa well-bred lady. It was the biggest mistake of his careers. TRICK OF THE TRADE He hit Fort Lincoln with a belly full of wounds and minus a boot. His horse had been stolen, and he'd stolen it back -- along with some bootleg crackers....

"Amidst the growing chaos of the post Civil War America, former Union Colonel Elijah McCain is on a mission to find his deserter stepsons. Going through more struggles than he thought possible--maybe more than when he was a colonel in the war--McCain finally locates his stepsons, only to have them flee the civilized East in favor of the adventurous West. When their reckless decisions begin to catch up with them and they're kidnapped and thrown aboard...