The hero of the book is Jamie Ian McCallister .He andhis sons settle a small valley, known as McCallister's Valley. The settlement is attack by various outlaws, and Jamie has to go on the warpath to get back at them.
Jamie MacCallister, Civil War veteran and hero of the Alamo, embarks on a journey of revenge to find the wild Nelson gang, the men responsible for the murder of Kate, his wife of forty-five years.
Finding himself called by both the Union and Confederate armies to serve, Shawnee-raised mountain man MacCallister is devastated when his sons are forced to fight on opposing sides, and, when the war is over, he becomes a revenge-seeker's target.