The Staunton Wagon Train had been Home for over a year. Everyone had settled into a routine and many of the companions had married or begun their own busineses. Now there was a stranger stirring up trouble out at the Staunton ranch Who was he and what did he want? More importantly, who did he want? Could it be that one of the crew was an outlaw and the past had finally caught up with them? Clay and Kathryn were about to be married but now they seemed to be the object of attention for the Sheriff and this stranger. Rumors of a killing for gold and stolen letters had drifted in with the unwanted visitor. Was someone in the group a killer and thief? How would this new development effect all of their friends? Clay had suffered greatly to help them arrive safely Home and now he was in danger of losing someone dear... again. Maybe Kathryn held the key to the mystery? After all, only one person had known much about her...and she had taken that story to her watery grave