Saint James Road James is a high, extremely muscular, 32-year-old man whose characteristics and possessions add a mind stronger than Socrates in acid, an impressive horse he loves a lot more than anything in the globe, a package so large that it requires a signature, a lovely, passionate wife having a rack so great it belongs on the billiard table, a shit lot of children, and his own personal yellow metal mine. His life, set in 1849 against the backdrop of the California Platinum Rush, is usually one long parade of amazing sex, dynamite montages, and whiskey. But when the Schlager Brothers arrive to town, so too comes the finish of the good times. St. Wayne is forced to defend everything that counts to him. God help anyone who stands in his way.