In this sequel to A Long Trail Rolling, Aleksandra and Xavier’s saga continues over the Pony Express Trail of Utah via the silver and gold mining country of 1860’s Nevada and California, and through Old San Francisco to Xavier's family hacienda, the Californio Rancho de las Pulgas. Secession menaces. The Confederates want to drag the new state from the Union and make it their own, and they'll stop at nothing to accomplish it—but they hadn't counted on Aleksandra and Xavier.