This is the third novel in "The Long Return" series. It is about a story of Captain Jake Cooper and one of his lieutenants names Sam Boyd. The war over, they decide to hire on as gun hands on a wagon train headed for Union, TX. The trip spans a distance of sixteen hundred miles and five states. They start in May 1865 and hope to reach their new homesteads by the end of October 1865. The trip is one challenge after another. The thirty-five wagons struggle with mountains, storms, river crossings, wild animals, bands of thieving bandits, Indians, sickness, and death. Although most of the settlers had no experience with crossing a wild country, they learned quickly as each had their own wagon and family to care for. Come travel and experience the rigors of settlers heading west following a wagon master