The civil war is over. General Sherman begs the Justice Riders to stay on the payroll and become US Marshals. However, the men are tired of war; each has plans to settle down and start a new life. Sherman reluctantly lets them go, but assures them the offer is open indefinitely. They promise, however, to stay in touch through Elizabeth O'Banyon, Shaun's wife and their new friend. Harry Whitecloud, the Sioux Indian, returns to his medical studies at Princeton and encounters prejudice. Reginald Bonesteel, formerly of Her Majesty's army, wants to go prospecting for gold in California. Carlos and Roberto Hawkins, half-gypsy twins with a penchant for explosions, want to go to New Orleans to see what kind of trouble they could get into with their mustering-out pay. Nate and Ezra simply want to go home to the plantation they grew up on. As they travel through a nation that has barely started to heal, they all encounter difficulty. But none so much as Ezra Justice and Nathaniel York, who return to Tennessee to find that the Ku Klux Klan has become the new Threat to Justice. ( )