Texas Ranger Nate Stewart has been through a lot in his life-and his losses aren't over yet. In the months that Nate has ridden with Captain Quincy and his Rangers, his best friend and pardner, Hoot Harrison, has been the rock Nate has depended on. But once beautiful Clarissa Hennessey comes into Hoot's life, she sets out to destroy the friendship between the two young Rangers. When the chips are down and Black Dog's raiders attack the Hennessey ranch,...