In 1883, on the blood-and-fire western frontier, the Dutton family embarked on a westward journey: veteran James protected his family, rebellious daughter Elsa sought freedom, and precocious teenager Tom tamed the fierce green mule "Loach," struggling to survive amidst bandit raids and the desolate wilderness. Armed with covered wagons and lever-action rifles, they enforced an ironclad law between gallows-lined towns and vast grasslands: tame the wilderness or be devoured by it.

Reborn in 1905 as a starving, impoverished cowboy in Montana, Jack Crawford thought he'd been given a hellish start. Until he discovered he received a random intelligence report every day. [Three hours later, an injured elk will collapse in the birch forest behind the house.]—Jack carried back his winter rations. [Old Hank, the neighbor, is preparing to sell his seemingly weak but actually Quarter Horse foal at a low price.]—Jack now possesses a future champion horse. [Next week, torrential rains will breach the valley, causing flash floods, and the upstream soil has extremely high mineral content.]—Jack bought the most fertile land at the lowest price after the disaster. While cowboys throughout the West were still relying on the weather and suffering heavy losses from blizzards, Jack always managed to avoid all disasters in advance. While Wall Street giants were strategizing for the economy...