Simply stepping off a train to stretch his legs sends a former Texas Ranger into an adventure that could change his life and secure his legacy. He might win the trust of a community, the support of a governor and the love of a woman. There are those who intend a different outcome. They intend to see him in a lonely grave.

These are the stories of John Everett Sage.

Even though the newspapers will probably get it wrong, as Colorado prepares to enter the twentieth century, John Everett Sage will become part of the legend of the west.