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It's the 1880 and the railroads are taking over. There's no longer a need for the trail guides to take people west, they're taking the railroad. Trace is desperate for work and ends up taking a job from Miss Fairweather. Trace sees ghosts and Miss Fairweather knows all about Trace; she'd like to study him. But for now she wants him to pick up a specimen. She wants one of the animals that's been attacking the trains and killing passengers. So Trace and his partner Boz board the train.

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