Texas, 1840.
Texas is a sovereign nation in name only. Four years after winning independence, it has no army, no navy, no money. It faces battle with Mexican soldiers, racial conflict between its Anglo and Tejano citizens, and merciless war with Comanches for control of the plains.
It will attract murderers, rustlers, and thieves, igniting revenge to feed on evil men, twist the reason of good men, and wreak terrible consequences on innocents caught in its wrath.
It will test its people - white, black, Hispanic, and Indian - with decades of violence, atrocities, and unrelenting bloodshed.
And it will create a legend: The Texas Rangers. Few groups in American history inspire stronger emotions than the Texas Rangers. Champions to some, villains to others, their truth lies buried in between, but there is no doubting their impact on Texas and the expansion of the United States.
