Hurt and fevered, Adam struggles to heal.

Little Joe is sick of being little, so when the Carson City bank is robbed he takes his chance to prove to everybody that he can handle things on his own. When he goes missing, it's up to 22-year-old Adam- who's been left in charge while Pa is away on business- to track him down and attempt to find both his little brother and the robbers before Pa returns.

It's two years after the end of the Civil War and Adam is on his journey home. He stops at a ranch to ask for work and becomes involved with the Fells, a family with whom he stays for a respite.

Adam is tasked with collecting stray cattle when he becomes injured. On the trip home he makes an unexpected friend.

Adam's stage is attacked and he's left for dead – mangled and burned – will he live until the rest of his family gets to him.

A year after the worst time of his life, Adam Cartwright sees his old nemesis. No one else does.

Finding Adam in the desert wasn't the end of the story. Adam and Ben both struggle with their manhood and their faith. Every member of the family plays a part as they knit themselves back together.

When Joe finds a runaway slave sheltering in the barn from a sudden snowstorm, a host of chaos and secrecy is unleashed upon the Ponderosa. One that leads an already overstretched Adam into considerable danger and his brothers and their new friend into a rescue mission. Posted as a whole.

When Little Joe returns from a trip not acting like himself, Adam tries to find out what happened, but Joe is not talking. Danger follows the brothers on a simple errand for their father, and one brother might lose his life for the other.

Ju-Long narrowed his gaze "I will avenge my brother." "I will not let you kill mine," Joe said.

The conclusion of The Rubicon I.

Hoss fears for Adam when he starts to have nightmares about him. His fears become valid when Adam is kidnapped by indians in retaliation for their Chief being kidnapped.

What if Adam Cartwright fought in the Civil War? NOTE: This is NOT a deathfic, all characters are restored to original condition by the end of the story.

Adam Cartwright is captured by two rustlers, but things don't turn out quite as anyone expects.