Chapter 1: Introduction
In the sprawling emptiness of the foothills, under the cerulean Texas sky, naked riders galloped through the dust. Scorched earth stretched out in all directions, as far as the eye could see, in a sea of golden grass that rippled and swayed in the breeze. The only traces of civilization were the remote farms tucked in the valleys far off, barely visible specks. It was a panoramic landscape of stark beauty, where nature was untouched and raw, where freedom danced wild and free.