"Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, this is a novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Spring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanches takes him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches,...

At the Civil War's end, Texas Rangers Harp and Long John O'Malley join a cattle drive on the long trail from Texas to Sedalia across a treacherous stretch of the American frontier where they must deal with enemies both inside and outside the camp.

Tells the story of Homer Bannon, an old-time cattleman who epitomizes the frontier values of honesty and decency, and Hud, his unscrupulous stepson. Caught in the middle is the narrator, Homer's young grandson Lonnie, who is as much drawn to his grandfather’s strength of character as he is to Hud's hedonism and materialism.

Agreeing to cook for a group of cowboys heading for the Lone Star state with a small fortune, Mac Mackenzie serves up his own brand of bloody justice when their former cook, who is behind bars, sends out a gang of gunfighters to steal the loot.

When Frank Thorson busts out of jail, leaving behind a bloody trail of mayhem and murder, former Texas Ranger Charlie “Catfish Charlie” Tuttle comes out of retirement, dusting off his Colt Army .44 to serve up some deadly justice.