Michael Crouch

For Dan Killoe, leading a cattle drive across harsh wilderness newly won in the war with Mexico meant a chance to prove himself to his father and his friends. It also meant riding alongside the man who had been like an older brother to him, a charismatic gunman named Tap Henry. But there was a lot about Tap that Dan didn't know. Through miles of dust, nights under the stars, and a battle with Comanches, they would ride together, until Tap revealed...

A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.