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THEY WERE MEN WITH NOTHING TO LIVE FOR-UNTIL THEY JOINED THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOMAt a mission called the Alamo, Santa Anna's army wins a brutal victory-in a massacre that became a call to arms around the country. Brave men answered the call-Kentuckians and Cajuns, New Englanders and Tennesseans, all coming to the brawling land called Texas that was fighting for its independence from Mexico. Four men from Alabama, recruits in the volunteer Red Rovers, join the fight, too: Pierce Hammond, the cowardly son of a plantation owner; Mingo Green, a runaway slave yearning to be free; Boone Tasker, too poor to marry the woman he loves; and Gabe Cochran, a young widower with nothing left to live for. Four men who have lost everything and seek something to live for. And they will find it and fight for it, with honor, courage, and even their lives. FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE BLACK JACKS AND TEXAS GUNDOWN COMES A POWERFUL NOVEL OF MEN WHO HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN.

A BAND OF HEROES IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN A SAVAGE STRUGGLE TO STEM A COMANCHE BLOOBATH IN TEXAS, AND THERE HAPPENS TO BE ONE-THE BLACK JACKS. It was the worst nightmare come true for the fledgling Republic of Texas. The scattered Comanche bands have united into a mighty fighting force under a single great warrior chief and are sweeping over the vast Texas plains, avenging a massacre at the hands of the whites with a campaign of pure carnage. Sam Houston led Texans in the fight for independence from Mexico. Now he needs the assistance of the one man who has a chance of turning back the Comanche tide of terror-John Henry McAllen. McAllen and his volunteers, known as the Black Jacks, had fought side by side with Houston against Santa Anna. Retired now, they mount up and ride out to face their ultimate test, the greatest Comanche threat of all. But Houston's political foes plot in the shadows, making the trail McAllen and his men are riding even deadlier. A ROUSING AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE NOVEL OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER BY TEXAS-BORN JASON MANNING. BE SURE TO READ THE MARAUDERS, THE SEQUEL TO THE BLACK JACKS!

A legendary band of Texas heroes rides to war one last time.They built a new republic with their blood and courage. But with the battle for Texas independence fought and won, and the Union being torn apart by civil war, a new threat has arisen on the bloody border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas. John Henry McAllen, who formed the Black Jacks to fight alongside Sam Houston to defeat Santa Anna a quarter of a century earlier, hoped his fighting days are over. But when the corrupt sheriff of Brownsville is gunned down by a Mexican ex-soldier, Houston-now the Texas governor-declares martial law. A volunteer force called the Brownsville Tigers is mustered to battle fierce raiders led by the Mexican patriot named Caldero. Yet another war is about to erupt over the disputed southern border of Texas and McAllen's son Gideon, a Brownsville Tiger recruit, is in the middle of it. When Gideon is taken captive, McAllen, followed by his legendary Black Jack fighters, crosses the Rio Grande into a storm of blood and fire, determined to save his boy-or die trying. THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE BLACK JACKS AND TEXAS BOUND GIVES US AN AUTHENTIC, ACTION-PACKED NOVEL OF WAR, HONOR AND BETRAYAL BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS.

From the exotic traditions of the Far East to the troubled oil fields of Texas, from the paradise landscapes of Hawaii to the snow-covered mountains of Switzerland . . . the lives, loves, and fates of the Colemans all come together in the name of family and in the name of their unforgettable Texas dynasty.

A young man is accused of being a vampire and he has to find the real vampire and clear his name.