Tyrel Bannon knows more about a plow than longhorn cattle, but the green farm boy is determined to become a Triple C rider on the long, hard drive from Texas to Dodge, the "Queen City of the Cowtowns". But this is a trail that only the brave, smart, and lucky can survive. Waiting ahead are Kiowa warriors, raging rivers, drought, storms, and vicious rustlers out to blacken the dust with Triple C blood.