THE CLAIM is an epic story of love, passion and redemption set against the winter landscape of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the making of California. Dillon is a pioneer who defied the harsh winter in search of rumored gold. Having amassed unimaginable riches, he runs a thriving mining town called Kingdom Come. But the blind ambition and greed that drove him to succeed finally catch up to him with the arrival of three strangers. Daglish, a surveyor looking to expand the Central Pacific Railroad into Kingdom Come, threatens the future of the town. And, two women from Dillon's past hold a secret that could be his undoing.