Freedom was the dream. Survival is the reality.

Uzziah O'Bannon leaves behind the safety of Virginia for the raw, unforgiving promise of the Rocky Mountains. Young, strong, and restless, he partners with veteran trapper Immanuel Jones-an alliance forged in a saloon brawl and tempered by blood, bullets, and the harsh frontier. Together, they set out to carve a life in the high country, where the only law is the one a man makes for himself.

But the trail west is anything but clear. Hunted for a killing back in St. Louis, caught in the path of warlike tribes and desperate outlaws, and drawn into the deadly troubles of a wagon train bound for Oregon, Uzziah finds himself in the thick of battles he never asked for. With a Pinkerton agent closing in, a gang of rebel dragoons stirring trouble, and survival hanging by a thread, there's no turning back-and no safe place to run.

The mountains were supposed to be the end of the road. Instead, they're just the beginning of the fight.

This two-book bundle includes the first two novels in the Uzziah Mountain Man series.