FIRST TIME IN PRINT!

'No writer working handles the traditional Western better than Tim McGuire. His lean, muscular style and assured knowledge of the frontier should guarantee him a place on the shelves beside Louis L'Amour and Jack Schaefer." Author of White Desert THE SEARCHERS Amid the dust and desolation of southwest Texas lies a secret that has lasted for centuries--the hidden treasure of Aztec artifacts hoarded by Hernan Cortes. When Clay Cole finds English lord Nigel Apperson and Dr. Jane Reeves wandering the Texas desert, searching for the mythical prize, he agrees to sign on as their scout. Together they confront Texas Rangers, desperadoes, and the relentless Major Miles Perry, whose driving desire is to court-martial Cole for treason at Little Big Horn--treason Cole never committed. All that stands between them and the fortune of a lifetime is a Mexican revolutionary and renegade Comanches!