In this two volume series we watch a young man struggle with his relationship with his father, while achieving something even he did not believe could be done. Challenged to "make something of" an almost uninhabited Gold Rush town, Charlie surrounds himself with talented and dedicated friends. With the help of the old-timer who lives in the town, he grows into the town's most important person. In volume two we see a town that was dedicated to peaceful living become something very different. When a new police force is formed, the chief is met with a triple murder to solve and gang activity that threatens to tear the town apart. The battle against becoming a place too dangerous in which to live is joined.