Washoe County Library System

Dalton is facing the noose when a lucky break gives him a chance for freedom. He adopts a dead man's identity, but quickly discovers his namesake had been hired to lead a wagon train of settlers on a perilous journey to their new life. Dalton must become their guide although he has no knowledge of the terrain. As if that wasn't bad enough, the notorious Spitzer gang is on their trail, a mysterious stranger might know his identity and one of the settlers...