In the sequel to Montana author Russell Rowland's highly acclaimed first novel, In Open Spaces, The Watershed Years picks up with the story of the Arbuckles, a ranch family in Eastern Montana. When George Arbuckle, the patriarch of the family, dies from mysterious causes, Blake Arbuckle's wife, Rita, immediately suspects the work of Blake's older brother, Jack, and their sister-in-law, Helen. Blake's loyalty to his family won't allow him to consider this a real possibility until the evidence becomes overwhelming. But proving it isn't as easy as they hoped.