Three Walked the Shadow Trail

<p>To walk the shadow trail means to lead a life of pain and sorrow to be alone forever.</p><p> </p><p>Many men came to America to escape their old lives. Baron Karl Augustus Dietrich Wilhelm von Brandt was no different though he fled his father's crimes and not his own.</p><p> </p><p>Easily swindled into buying a Nebraska ranch that's little more than a sand dune the European tenderfoot is befriended by half-Pawnee Johnny Moon a ne'er-do-well usually one step ahead of the marshal. Soon Johnny has Will looking and sounding like a Nebraskan. Working together the impoverished nobleman and the half-breed cowboy transform the ruin into a thriving ranch. Through tough times and good Johnny Moon is there for Will closer than a friend trusted like a brother.</p><p> </p><p>Then Will marries Silent Summer Woman the headstrong daughter of a Pawnee chief and the first wedge of mistrust is driven between the two men for Johnny Moon is harboring a secret and if Will discovers it not only will it destroy their friendship but also their lives.</p>