Blazing Trails #1

Len Eklen may not look like much—and he'll be the first to admit it—but when he joins the Texas Rangers in 1965, he brings something Capt. Bennet recognizes: pure grit. While this unassuming farm hand takes his oath, a ruthless gang led by the gunman Swenson begins terrorizing the town of Mud City with extortion and violence, but when Becker, a local man, stands up to them, something shifts in the townsfolk's courage. As the violence escalates and Swenson's hardcases fan out to punish anyone who defies them, Len Eklen reveals his true colors—and why a Ranger's badge means more than a quick draw.

Robbie Simms is a stubborn sodbuster refusing to abandon his homestead against the intimidation of Wayne Hacker and his thirty gun-slinging riders—and when Hacker's men come calling with threats, Simms proves he's willing to fight back, even when the odds are stacked impossibly against him. As tensions escalate and danger closes in, Simms must draw on his wits and courage to survive what's coming next.