Henry Wallace is the son of a prominent physician in late 1800's Boston; it's the last quarter of college before graduation. But Henry never graduates. Forced into a fight for his life, he kills a man who turns out to be the son of Boston's most notorious gangster. Arrested by the police, who are paid off by the gangster, Henry is sentenced to prison for life. He makes a daring escape and becomes a fugitive - not only from the law, but he is constantly pursued by the gangster's hit men. Henry makes it to Denver where he meets the strange new owner of an unusual medicine wagon who changes his life in ways he never anticipated.

Henry Wallace, now a fugitive and narrowly escaping death in Denver, is on his way to Cheyenne with Samantha in her medicine wagon. The pair discovers a farm house with a man dying under suspicious circumstances, and the wife refuses Henry's help as a doctor. Samantha gets into big trouble with the law in Cheyenne and Henry goes to great lengths to bail her out. He risks life and limb during a free-for-all in which the last man standing gets the $400 prize money. Henry must depend on his prowess as a boxer to save himself when he is involved in a battle of intense brutality. The battle is the most terrifying and brutal experience of Henry's life.

Henry and Samantha struggle against a town to save a family from typhoid fever. The towns people refuse to help and openly threaten Henry. Ice is the major commodity needed to keep the fevers down, and little is available in town. Samantha volunteers to go to the nearby mountains and bring ice down in her wagon with the help of a local mountain man. The pair meet up with disastrous consequences in the mountains, when it appears there is no ice. Meanwhile, Henrys ability to curb the potential epidemic is failing. As the fever spreads from different quarters, Henry is hard pressed to find the real source of the disease. This is book number three of a continuing series. If you liked THE FUGITIVE, youll love this series!