Kate Kingshott was a smart, hard working fourteen-year old farm girl when her parents and six siblings were cut down in a hail of bullets. Outlaw Rance Clayton, and his gang of cutthroats, torch the family home. Rustle the family cattle. Kate, injured and scarred, survives the fire. Her lifelong friend, Pakuna, a Klamath Indian girl Kate's age, rescues her from the smoldering embers. For eight years Kate lives with the Klamath tribe. She and Pakuna grow from teenagers to young women, preparing to deal with the harsh life along the banks of Goose Lake. The years bring brutal winters and unsavory ranchers willing to kill Kate for her land and cattle. She and Pakuna are forced to bend the rules of their focus restoring the family ranch to its glory days. Together, they ride a desperate trail of death and violence, scouring the northwest on a relentless trail of vengeance.
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