title: South Texas
author: Gabriel, Ann
description: 1886. A terrible drought has ravaged South Texas. The defiant ranchers and farmers are fighting a losing battle, not only with Mother Nature, but with the land foreclosure schemes of the ruthless banker T.C. Barrett. Rugged cattle baron Coke Sanders, owner of the vast Sidewinder Ranch, has only contempt for greedy vultures like Barrett. Coke's refusal to accept the loss of his land, and the destruction of his neighbor's hard-won lives fires Barrett's long-standing grudge against the Sanders clan -- and forces a showdown that demands payment in blood.