<p>Set against the backdrop of the majestic San Juan Mountains and spectacular San Luis Valley, Colorado, the story begins with a mining explosion in Cripple Creek in 1891, and ends one year later with the conflagration of Creede. Forged in the fires of a mining disaster, a town fire, a train robbery, a kidnapping, an attempted rape, a brother&rsquo;s betrayal, and a father&rsquo;s execution, the hero and heroine&rsquo;s love triumphs.</p>