Dimensions
171 x 248 x 44mm
The saga of a frontier mountain man Titus Bass was first chronicled in the trilogy 'Carry The Wind', 'Border Lords' and 'One-Eyed Dream'. The stirring adventures of Bass's early life followed in 'Dance On The Wind', 'Buffalo Palace' and 'Crack In The Sky'. Now the unforgettable epic concludes with the story of this legendary hero's autumn years that was begun in 'Ride The Moon Down' and 'Death Rattle'. In this breathtaking climax, Bass, the hardy survivor of a world now gone, prepares to fight his magnificent final battle.
Fleeing the bloody aftermath of the Taos Rebellion, Titus Bass leads his family north, hoping to winter with the Crow people. But wagons filled with overland emigrants in search of new homes have already begun to trek across the vast untamed frontier. The wild and free world of the mountain men is quickly fading into the past. Even the famous Jim Bridger, whose trading post sits on the emigrants' Oregon Trail, must contend with arriving Mormons who view the region as their Promised Land to be cleansed of all non-believers.
For Titus Bass, the journey north is sadly eventful. He must save an old friend from death; rescue his daughter Magpie from cut-throat traders; find a way to free a wagon train of innocents from its unscrupulous leader, his murderous assistant, and the band of violent toughs who enforce the leader's will. Most important of all, Bass must come to terms with his long-lost daughter Amanda, bound with her husband and children for a new home . . . in a faraway land that Bass himself will never see.
Determined to live out his final years in peace, Bass soon comes to realise that even on the changing frontier, enemies lie in wait, old dangers lurk, and survival is never a certain thing. But still to come is the greatest lesson of all - that dearer by far than his own life are the lives of his friends and loved ones.
