The book begins with Spence Pierce, Texas Ranger, in the little town of Lampasas, Texas. His mission is to capture a murder suspect who shows up in a saloon with his brothers. After a rope trick that suddenly took the family members by surprise, the murder suspect is captured and turned into the Burnet County Sheriff's office. Spence returns home for a much needed rest where he renews his family connection, breaks a couple horses and trains one to pull his wife's carriage. Going into town for supplies he encounters an Army Major who is in search for horses to take to Arizona to outfit the...

Sequel to Mountain Drifter, Spence Pierce decides that Texas is the place he should be. The trip to Texas carries him across Indian Territory, across the Paso Duro Canyons where he encounters Comancheros and settlers. A railroad team hires him to guide them across West Texas and finally he joins the Texas Rangers. Outlaws, mine stealers and others adventutes leads to an encounter with Comanche Indians. Meanwhile an chestnut haired young lady finds herself with amnesia and about to be married as the third wife of a Morman farmer. Running away she joins a family moving to Texas. Stolen in a...

Beginning of the saga of Spence Pierce after he leaves the Federal hospital where he was recovering from wounds received during the Gettysburg engagement. He goes back to the battle scene to try to make sense of the battle and finds his horse. Leaving Gettysburg Spence knew he didn't want to go back to the family farm and starts to drift westward. He stops for work to make traveling money but is always moving west. Finally crossing a mountain range he encounters a range rider for a major ranch in the area. After the rider is killed in an ambush Spence hires onto the ranch where he encounters...