Shadow of the Moon

July 1878, and the West is teeming with astronomers eager to observe a total solar eclipse. Cora and four other female astronomy students have accompanied Professor Maria Mitchell to Colorado for the event, but their chances of seeing it are threatened when a railway dispute forces them to entrust their precious telescopes to a young freight hauler's wagon.
Nolan Carter is determined to get his cargo and passengers to their destination, but as one thing after another goes wrong, he despairs ...