A stage coach lurches across the alkali flats toward a lonely ranch station, watched through binoculars by Sancho the ranch-keeper and his young helper Pedro. From there the story moves among cavalry officers, a Mexican family travelling up from Guaymas and a coastal voyage, as rumour and suspicion gather around a soldier’s good name.
King served in the frontier cavalry before writing about it, and his army novels carry an insider’s feel for garrison life. Download the free EPUB.