Mountain Passage — Jason Manning

The American frontier. A land wild, free, and dangerous. Survival was the only law. And only a brave man dared accept the challenge of a harsh and unforgiving life. Gordon Hawkes was such a man. A man of strength. A man of will. A mountain man. This is his story....

The promise of a new life drew Gordon Hawkes and his family from the shores of Ireland to the frontier of America. But the sea took a toll on his parents and left Gordon alone to stake his claim. Befriended by a Scots adventurer, Hawkes sets off on an excursion into the wilderness. But trouble has a way of following him. Accused of murder in New Orleans and chased by bounty hunters in St. Louis, he is faced with a test of survival. Only in the wild, untamed mountains of the American West does he find his calling. And it is here that the greatest adventure begins....