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The Texas frontier of the 1870's was a dangerous place: too many
Indians, too many greaser gangs, and far too many outlaws.
Homesteaders, ranchers, and the people of Texas' small towns and
cities couldn't protect themselves or their way of life. The U.S.
Cavalry was tasked with relocating the Indians, but all the other
problems were left for the Texas Rangers. Talon Finley was just a
boy when he became a Texas Ranger. His background on a Wyoming r,
his skill in training horses and his dedication to justice, made
Ranger life a perfect occupation. It didn't hurt that he was one of
the best shots in the West. But he also had a target on his back,
from the kin of those he had killed. T. T. Finley, Talon's twin
sister, was growing up fast, too. Her enrollment at Vassar College
and the best efforts of friends and family to make her more
sophisticated could not diminish her keen observation skills,
shooting prowess, and fearless demeanor. But these same traits led
her into the thick of things, where she managed to survive close
scrapes and gunfights. According to Indian Legend, there's a Honey
Hole in a cave near Uvalde County, Texas, where honey flows like a
river and vast swarms of wild honeybees can shape shift into a man.
Talon Finley, the Ranger, slams into the Honey Hole and emerges as
the legend.
After the Alamo and the Civil War, the frontier of Texas was a wild
place, with only a few good men to keep the peace: the Texas
Rangers. Homesteaders, ranchers and the U.S. Army counted on the
Rangers to protect the land from marauding Indians and Mexican
greaser gangs. Talon Finley wants revenge, but more importantly,
justice. Just a kid himself, he turns his skill training horses and
a penchant for integrity into a stint as a Texas Ranger. In the
vast expanse of the new frontier, from Texas to the Rockies, Talon
and his trusted horse, Sam, take on trouble wherever they find it.
T. T. Finley, Talon's twin sister, was raised on a ranch in
Wyoming. She heads east to attend finishing school, with a gun sewn
into her petticoats. A crack shot, she foils a train robbery,
uncovers a conspiracy of cattle rustlers, thieves and murderers...
and makes the best doughnuts on either side of the Mississippi.
Pogonip, the ice-fog condition prevalent in canyons in the old
west, foreshadows the chilling reality and danger of a quest to
make things right, by a boy who would become a man and a girl who
discovers her true purpose.
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