James J Griffin – författare

Texas Ranger Lieutenant Jim Blawcyzk is on the trail of the men responsible for the killing of a fellow Ranger and the disappearance of another. Jim''s search will draw him into a web of deception, greed, and murder, where even a lawman''s best friend may well be his deadly enemy.

As Jim inserted the knife into a chink in the rocks, a bullet smacked into the wall just alongside his head, followed by the sharp crack of a rifle. Jim dove to his belly, pinned behind the inadequate cover of the ledge''s slight lip as the hidden rifleman swept the rocks with an almost impossibly rapid fire.

As the barrage of lead stopped for a brief instant, Jim chanced lifting his head ever so slightly, scanning the canyon in an attempt to locate the bushwhacker. "Got him spotted, on the rim over to the other side of the canyon," he said, as a glint of sunlight reflected off the gunman''s rifle barrel for an instant. "Not that it''ll do me much good," he muttered, ducking back as his assailant finished reloading and again swept the ledge with a rapid-fire volley. "My Winchester''s still on my saddle, and he''s way outta range for a six-gun, even tryin'' a lucky shot. He can keep me pinned down here long as he wants. And sooner or later he''s gonna nail me."

As bullets whined over his precarious perch, Jim glanced downward, then, taking a desperate chance, threw himself over the edge of the shelf.

"Nobody writes Westerns with more heart and soul than James J. Griffin. Guaranteed enjoyment for any Western fan!"

James Reasoner, author of TEXAS WIND and THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE SERIES.

"Jim Griffin brings to life fictional characters interspersed with real life experiences in the same voice as Max Brand and Louis L''Amour. This fifth novel in the series is as riveting as the first four."

Sergeant Jim Huggins, Texas Rangers Company F.

When a series of robberies and murders breaks out in north Texas, Ranger Jim Blawcyzk and his partner Smoky McCue are ordered to track down the killers. Their assignment is complicated by a dying eyewitness''s claim the outlaws are United States Army cavalrymen. After a train is robbed and the crew viciously murdered, the Rangers are forced into a desperate race to stop the renegades before they strike again.

Jim raced through the coach, leapt the gap to the next car, and had walked halfway up its aisle when Brady rose from behind a seat to level his gun at the Ranger. Jim had just begun to thumb back the hammer of his Colt when the train lurched and he was thrown off balance, the gun falling from his hand and spinning out of reach as he went to his knees. Brady took slow, deliberate aim at Jim''s chest.

''"Exciting, realistic stories of the Texas Rangers, sure to keep the reader turning the pages until the last outlaw is brought to justice. Action-packed reading for everyone!" Texas Ranger Sergeant Jim Huggins of Company A.

The Faith and the Rangers is an anthology of traditional Western and Texas Ranger short stories. For fans of the Jim Blawcyzk and Cody Havlicek Texas Ranger novels, the collection includes Left Handed Law, in which Jim and Cody meet for the first time. The Wind is a ghostly tale, as might have been told around many a cattle drive campfire. The collection includes action, adventure, and romance, with heroes young and old, some likely, others not so. There are ten stories in all, certain to please anyone who enjoys a good mystery or a thrilling tale of the Frontier West.