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Sienna, the young chief of a vanishing tribe, is given a second chance to bring abundance to his people when white traders bestow a gun upon him. The power of the gun brings him great renown and his people flourish for a time. Little does he know that his spreading fame will cause the downfall of his people as they are captured by a rival tribe and dragged away into slavery. Sienna knows that rather than resist or fight, he must bear the troubles of his captive people and wait for his destiny, foretold in a prophecy, to unfold.

Fleeing Arizona, gunslinger and cattle rustler Monty Ballou has found his way to just across the border in Utah, at Canyon Walls Ranch. He takes on a new identity, Sam Hill, and becomes the ranch's hired hand, farming and bringing in a rich crop of alfalfa for its widow owner. It also takes no time at all when Monty finds himself attracted towards Rebecca, the daughter of his widow owner employer. Monty resists as best he can the charms of Rebecca while working the ranch. He has now begun a new life at a ranch that needs the touch of a strong man in order to thrive.

Texas Ranger Vaughn Medill, after 20 hard and long years of duty, wants to finally settle down with a wife and children of his own and on his own ranch. He is also in love with Roseta Uvaldo who suddenly and mysteriously disappears. He embarks on a desperate and agonizing search to find and save Roseta and to bring to justice, or even kill, her kidnappers or die trying.

A young man named Ken discovers a deep passion for the newfound work of forestry, a controversial new government branch being established in the young United States, especially in the West. Ken is sent to a rural town in deep Arizona to begin the initial studies of the local forests when he stumbles across an illegal logging operation that is wiping out the trees and ruining the land. The local authorities are teeming with corruption, and the Department of Forestry is seen as a joke and a governmental overstep by the people.

Pearl Zane Grey was born on 31st January 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. From an early age, he was intrigued by history, fishing, baseball, and writing. Grey was an avid reader of adventure stories, consuming dime store novels by the dozen. His first magazine article, about one of his fishing expeditions, was published in 1902. It was not until 1910 that he wrote his first Western, ‘The Heritage of the Desert’. It was a breakthrough title and quickly became a bestseller.

This was a time that was a major part of western history, a sort of baptism of sweat and blood. Great buffalo herds covered mile after mile, and hide hunters swarmed the plains. They were hard-riding and reckless and killed buffalo by the tens of thousands, bringing on near extinction. The invasion was part of the great western migration, and it caused major confrontations with such Indian tribes as Comanche, Kiowa, Arapaho, and others.

Zane Grey is considered the first and best author of "Western" novels. In this book, Lin Sloan's obsession with capturing a wild stallion he called "Wildfire" almost costs him his life. Bostil is a man who loves fast horses and is used to getting what he wants. Throw in a beautiful girl just coming into womanhood, a crazed young man with a grudge against her, a treacherous act, horse thieves and a yearly big race and you have all the elements Zane Gray so ably weaves into a fascinating story packed with action and adventure.