Rio Hondo — Matt Braun

In a land of long red sunsets, Clint and Vi Gil Brannock had carved out a sweeping homestead along the lush banks,of the Rio Hondo. But now Clint has been called North to fight the Apache wars, and Virgil, driven by his ambition, is corralling mustangs on the Llano Estacado. With their family ranch in New Mexico Territory threatened by men of greed and power, men who send murderers to do their dirty work, the Brannocks can only turn to one another -- to hold onto a place they have earned with their blood and tears.