Hannah Lea Gibson understands it is only a matter of time before shes discovered and forced to return to her uncles ranch to relive a nightmare of blood and terror. Flinching in fear as the Caf door opens, she spies the dust stained traveler and realizes her time has run out.. Texas Ranger Jack Lintell is charged with the task of delivering Hannah to Texas to stand trial for murder. But when he and Hannah head out together though the sage cloaked range of a wild and dangerous west, his skills as a ranger are put to the test as he too becomes a target. Their nightmare, however, is only beginning, as Jack and Hannah must race to save their very lives from men who will stop at nothing to get what they seek. With time running out, can Jack prove Hannahs innocence and at the same time uncover a killers dirty secret without risking his fidelity to duty which he values more than all else, save the life he has now sworn to protect.

The book titled Lone Star Justice is a fictional account of the main character, Sam Waters. In the second half of the book, he teams up with Jim Vogt, who is the hero of the book titled Six Gun Justice. Tragedy strikes Sam as a young lad. His sense of duty leads him to become a Texas Ranger. His job requires him to track down a notorious outlaw in the region. Jack Martin leads a gang of outlaws, who wreak havoc against all who come in contact with them. Sam meets up with his blood brother, White Eagle, who has discovered the gangs hideout. They go in separate directions to get help in their efforts to destroy the gang. They rejoin forces and attack the compound. The gang is virtually destroyed, but Martin manages to escape. He flees the area and arrives in Cranston Valley. There he joins forces with an evil rancher and they attempt to take over complete control. Sam follows his trail in an attempt to bring him to justice. Meanwhile the Governor has sent Jim Vogt to the valley to help quell the disturbance. Sam and Jim unite and manage to galvanize the citizens of the valley. They eventually put an end to the terror in the valley. Martin meets Sam in a show down, and the ranger emerges victorious. Jim returns to his ranch and Sam returns to Fielders Crossing, until duty calls again.

From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane Grey or Larry McMurtry. The Rangers began in the 1820s as loose groups of citizen soldiers, banding together to chase Indians and Mexicans on the raw Texas frontier. Utley shows how, under the leadership of men like Jack Hays and Ben McCulloch, these fiercely independent fighters were transformed into a well-trained, cohesive team. Armed with a revolutionary new weapon, Samuel Colt's repeating revolver, they became a deadly fighting force, whether battling Comanches on the plains or storming the city of Monterey in the Mexican-American War. As the Rangers evolved from part-time warriors to full-time lawmen by 1874, they learned to face new dangers, including homicidal feuds, labor strikes, and vigilantes turned mobs. They battled train robbers, cattle thieves and other outlaws--it was Rangers, for example, who captured John Wesley Hardin, the most feared gunman in the West. Based on exhaustive research in Texas archives, this is the most authoritative history of the Texas Rangers in over half a century. It will stand alongside other classics of Western history by Robert M. Utley--a vivid portrait of the Old West and of the legendary men who kept the law on the lawless frontier.

Drawn from a broad range of historical, political, and statutory sources, the authors combine a host of factual and historical information about the criminal justice system in Texas. This volume also contains an extensive glossary of general and Texas-specific terms, as well as a description of important and valuable Internet sites.

“[A] powerful examination of a nation trying to make sense of the complex changes and challenges of the post–Civil War era.” —Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution In 1877—a decade after the Civil War—not only was the United States gripped by a deep depression, but the country was also in the throes of nearly unimaginable violence and upheaval, marking the end of the brief period known as Reconstruction and reestablishing white rule across the South. In the wake of the contested presidential election of 1876, white supremacist mobs swept across the South, killing and driving out the last of the Reconstruction state governments. A strike involving millions of railroad workers turned violent as it spread from coast to coast, and for a moment seemed close to toppling the nation’s economic structure. Celebrated historian Michael A. Bellesiles reveals that the fires of that fated year also fueled a hothouse of cultural and intellectual innovation. He relates the story of 1877 not just through dramatic events, but also through the lives of famous and little-known Americans alike. “A superb and troubling book about the soul of Modern America.” —William Deverell, director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West “A bold, insightful book, richly researched, and fast paced . . . Bellesiles vividly portrays on a single canvas the violent confrontations in 1877.” —Alfred F. Young, coeditor of Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation “[A] wonderful read that is sure to appeal to those interested in the challenges of creating a post–Civil War society.” —Choice