Wyoming rancher Brigham Davis didn't ask for a lake to appear on his land. Its conception damn near killed him and he sure didn't deserve all the problems that followed. Problems with his wife, problems with his neighbors, and problems with the government. Under those conditions, who could blame a man for being tempted by a willing woman if no one would ever know about it, especially since it looked like the mountains might kill them anyway? His mortal desires test the limits of his character while a newly-born lake tests the earthen barrier that restrains it. Set in Wyoming's magnificent Rocky Mountain high country and encompassing the spectacular Yellowstone caldera, the trail also leads to the colossal mercantile empire of the Fort Worth Texas Stockyards. Horses, hunting, human frailties and natural disasters highlight the enduring tenacity of bonds that can't be broken.