Book excerpt: Two hard-living cowboys get caught up in a Texas ranch war in this Western adventure by the New York Times bestselling author of Ambush in the Ashes. Bo Creel is back at his family's Star C Ranch in Bear Creek, Texas. Along with his buddy Scratch, he's finding out that home is where the hell-raising is. A rival ranch is trying to drive the Creel family out of business. And Bo and Scratch are ready to tangle, even as two pretty young ladies blur the battle lines. As the Creel family sets off on a trial drive south to Rockport and a thriving cattle market on the Gulf of Mexico, their rivals strike a devastating blow. Assembling a ragtag army of aging, crusty cowboys who've seen their share of gun battles, Bo and Scratch need to recapture a stolen herd and make it to the Texas coast in time to save the Creel family's future—while a relentless enemy is about to unload the bloodiest mayhem to ever drench Texas.