Flight of the Hawk — Leigh Franklin James

John Cooper Baines -- the Hawk -- ready to defy nature's fury and man's wrath to defend his honor and his land. Down the sun-scorched Santa Fe Trail, the bold American frontiersman rides tall at the side of his young son Andrew, a stirring example of the courage that tamed the West. But when the treachery of Mexican soldiers and the greed of ruthless outlaws threaten to turn the Hawk's vast Texas empire to ashes, he must wrest his land and loved ones from ravaging hands as his savage fighting spirit restores justice to a lawless territory.

Astride the hot winds of change that are carrying civilization to the sprawling mesas of the Southwest, John Cooper Baines aims his rifle at those who challenge the Americans' claim to the land and proudly battles alongside brave men and impassioned women for freedom's glory on this great new frontier.