Cholera, weather extremes, and depletion of food and nourishment wreak havoc with Rachel Butler and the other members of her wagon train on the Oregon Trail. While she gains in strength physically, Rachel"s heart struggles to keep pace. Rev. James Richards is the handsomest man on the wagon train, but the young doctor, Tom Dorland, has a quiet appeal Rachel can"t deny. The "Heartbreak Trail" has claimed many souls . . . but it will not claim Rachel Butler"s!.