<p>Tatum Saint and his father shared a dream of the Rocky Mountains, but when his father was killed, young Tatum decided to make that dream a reality. &nbsp;But wherever he goes, there&#39;s always somebody needing help. &nbsp;Now as he prepares to build a cabin in the wilderness, he stumbles across a couple of runaway slaves that were seeking freedom in the uncharted territory. &nbsp;After their camp is destroyed and brother and sister are injured when Tatum stampedes a herd of elk, he feels obligated to care for them until they recover. &nbsp;Tatum finds it an arduous process to settle in the mountains, with confrontations with the Caputa Ute, mountain lions, and grizzly bears. &nbsp;But when the Jicarilla Apache take the girl and his friend, White Feather of the Comanche, captive, he and her brother, together with Tatum&#39;s friends from the Comanche, must mount a rescue. &nbsp;Using their own superstitions against them to balance the odds, the challenges and confrontations prove to be deadly and overwhelming. &nbsp;But not only must they battle the dreaded Apache, they must also face the assaults of nature herself, not just to rescue the captives, but to survive as well. &nbsp;It is a hard lesson to learn that freedom in the frontier does not come easily nor without great cost.</p>