A Texas Empire Forged Out of Grit, Gold and Gunpowder

Matthew Braun, author of 56 books with some 40 million copies in print, is the greatest living practitioner of the western novel. Winner of the Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement in western fiction, he writes with a passion for historical accuracy and detail that has earned him a reputation as the most authentic portrayer of the American West. Braun continues to travel the West, gathering materials for his novels. And if you cross him, better keep your hands where he can see them. He has a lifetime appointment as Oklahoma Territorial Marshal.

We are happy to be reissuing one of his most distinguished novels, Lords of the Land, in trade paperback format.

Hank Laird had never laid claim to sainthood. Truth is, his enemies would be quick to swear that the man was the devil himself-a reputation Laird earned as one of the most hardscrabble men ever to grace the soil of South Texas. With grit, gold and gunpowder, he forged an empire out of chaos in the wake of the Civil War. But now the vultures are coming home to roost and it's up to Laird whether Santa Guerra ranchlands will be heaven or hell.

You can visit Braun's website at http://www.mattbraun.com/home.htm

RC