It's 1870 and Alice Brant is on a mission to find her father in California after her mother dies of influenza in Arkansas. Armed with only a small gun, a stubborn horse, and her wits, Alice must make it across the rough terrain of the South West. She quickly partners up with a man named Henry Taylor after a botched bank robbery and they accompany each other on the long trip to the West. When they come across a stage coach robbery in the desert, Alice learns that some cowboys are out for more than just money, and that there is a reason that Henry Taylor wants to get to the West so quick.A combination of teen fantasy and historical fiction.