Frederic Forrest

Although forensics proves that a third gun was fired the night Officer Tower was killed, a jury finds Hanson guilty of murder.

When Travis Packard returns to Curtis Wells after three years in prison for bank robbery, he's welcomed by some, mistrusted by others. He works hard to get back the respect of all the townsfolk. But Travis' future looks doomed when bounty hunter, Rance Telford, rides into town and is made a deputy by Sherriff Kearney. Telford is on to get Travis, believing that he knows the whereabouts of the unrecovered bank robbery gold. Newt and Travis figure out where the gold is but Telford shows up to claim it for himself.

When college students who buy term papers are being blackmailed, Jump Street is called to investigate.

Needing money to complete work on the cabin, Newt hires on as a scout for the Army, little knowing that his assignment will be tracking down deserters. Meanwhile, in Curtis Wells, Hannah and Mosby work together, selflessly providing relief to a group of settlers who may be infected with cholera. Newt and the young officer accompanying him return with the last deserter to discover that the army detachment has been wiped out. Newt and the young officer face off in a conflict over whether the deserter should now go free.