Two young Texas Rangers, Gus and Call, face the brutal realities of the wild West—scorching heat, deadly storms, and relentless Native Americans—on their first perilous journey, guided by incompetence and haunted by the looming threat of death.
McMurtry paints a vivid, unforgiving picture of the frontier, where every step is a battle for survival, and the line between life and death is as thin as the air they breathe.