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When a Louisiana penal camp inmate escapes a chain‑gang, he is forced to murder someone to secure his freedom. The desperate fugitive crosses the river to Texas, accompanied by a young Indian woman and a fellow prisoner. Their perilous journey brings them into the midst of General Houston’s legendary Texas Rangers as they confront the tragic finale of the Alamo siege.
First publish date: 1999
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: James Lee Burke
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