
A lone rider tears across the Galveston road under a bruised evening sky, his thoughts racing faster than his horse. Colonel Melendez, haunted by the daring tale of the Jaguar’s audacious strike against a fortified corvette, doubts the truth of those claims and wonders what lies ahead on the restless Texas frontier. The quiet night is broken only by the distant sigh of the sea, as he follows a narrow coastal track that promises a shortcut to the bustling town of Galveston.
Soon the colonel’s reconnaissance draws him into the tangled web of loyalties and ambitions that fuel the Texan War. He encounters a mix of rugged adventurers, wary locals, and shadowy figures whose motives are as shifting as the wind over the Gulf. As alliances are tested and danger looms, Melendez must decide whether to trust the whispered rumors or to forge his own path in a land where every step could spark a new conflict.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (546K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Camille Bernard & Marc D'Hooghe (From images at Hathi Trust.)
Release date
2012-10-25
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1818–1883
Best remembered for fast-paced adventure novels set in the American West and Mexico, this 19th-century French writer turned years of travel into stories full of scouts, frontier conflict, and dramatic escapes. His books helped feed Europe's fascination with the Wild West.
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