"Saga of the Sierras features three novels in one! CANNONS OF THE COMSTOCK: Tom Dawson, a California rancher, discovers a Confederate plot to take the state out of the Union and form an independent Republic of the Pacific. THE YEAR OF THE GRIZZLY: Mountain man Will Reed and his family are caught between Americans and Mexicans as they battle for the wealth of central California's cattle ranches. SHOOTING STAR: California bad man, Jack Powers and his bandits establish the upper hand against Andrew Jackson Sinnickson as he gets involved in the first ever California cattle drive." --provided by Amazon.