The Wanderers, a group of desperate individuals seeking refuge in the West. Hannah, a 17-year-old on the run from the outlaw gang she's been forced to live with since the age of 13; Doc Carter and Maude two old friends, who without realizing the danger they've put themselves in, offer assistance to Hannah; Harriet Collier, an aging belle from Atlanta on the run, since before the war, to escape her secret past; the Walters gang, a ruthless band of cutthroats that's left a wide swath of murders and robberies from the Mississippi to the Arizona territory; and a mysterious man who's been tracking the Walters gang for years, and runs across Hannah to become mesmerized by her sky stone eyes. All their trails head West and while none have a particular destination in mind they believe safety, anonymity, romance and opportunity for new beginnings will be found.