In Georgia in 1865, the end of the war between the states fails to bring about the peace hoped for throughout the nation. In Texas in 1875, a homestead is attacked by bandits and lives are lost. In the aftermath, two brothers, two sisters, a railroad foreman, a new doctor, and a reluctant bandit are drawn together by events, conspiracies, clashes, and secrets that stretch back for years and even decades, leading them toward fateful showdowns that will change all of their lives...