Anna Jamison, an orphan forced to choose between her dream and her duty, and Nathan Adams, a sworn-off women frontiersman who must now vow to protect one in order to free himself from a blackmailer's web, struggle against adversaries, forces of nature, wavering faith, but most of all, each other, along the treacherous 1849 trek from Missouri to California's gold territory. Setting: California Trail, 1849 Hero/Heroine: Anna Jamison and Nathan Adams Theme: God is Always with Us Theme Scripture: Psalm 139:7-10