Stryker leaves Lone Pine and the California Mountains behind for the last time. He's going home to raise his daughter, as it should be. Little did he know that someone else had different plans for him. Going to Chihuahua Mexico on his way home to try and talk Mira's brother into going back with him, he is stopped by a General in the Mexican Army. When Stryker refuses to answer his questions it cost him dearly. By the time he returns to Texas, his daughter is almost grown, his ranch is nearly finished and his friend Jess has been shot. He has his work cut out for him in handling all of these things and regaining his place in his daughters heart but with the help of friends he always has before.