From the author of The Old Timers and The Long Guns comes the first book of a bold western series about three ex-Texas Rangers, a man and his two sons, as they confront their own rivalries and a deadly betrayal. Once members of the Lone Star State's proudest legion--the Texas Rangers--the Carston men were willing to fight and die to bring justice to the harsh frontier. Will Carston lived the Ranger creed as he staked out his ranch and defended a raw new town, while the Ranger spirit helped his hard-fisted sons, Chance and Wash, survive the Civil War's bloody campaigns, building a legacy they could never deny or forget. Now, a savage act of violence brings the three men together on a lethal quest for revenge. On the sun-scorched Texas badlands, the Carston men battle for their lives in a winner-takes-all showdown that will put the fast guns and fighting fury of the ex-Rangers to the ultimate test.