A score of covered wagons made up the train that had left the middle west under the leadership of Asa Flinders. The greater part of their journey was accomplished when they headed into a rugged valley marked by huge, jagged boulders. Asa and his wife were seated side by side in the lead wagon. The man's features were as stubborn as the woman's were kindly, and she was worried about Asa's plans - which weren't the plans he had shared with everyone else...