Roma Arroyo - The Will Austin Adventure Series
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Welcome to the first book in the "Will Austin Adventure" Series!<br><br>1884 in Northern Mexico. Two kids are gathering corn on their family's 500 acre ranch. Suddenly, several shots ring out! They crawl to where they heard the shots come from and find a campsite with five dead men. After checking closer, they discover one of the men, an American, is still alive, but barely!<br><br>Born and raised in Boston in the middle of the Nineteenth Century, Will Austin leads a life of adventure and passion. He survives the death of both his parents at a very young age, and the cold blooded killing of his best friend, Boyd. As a young man, he makes the long and difficult journey to Austin, Texas, to chase his dream of becoming a Texas Ranger. Instead, he finds himself in the middle of the biggest case of the century: catching the ruthless and murdering Gomez Gang from the depths of lawless Mexico!<br><br>Join Will in his fight for justice in the small, but growing, border town of Roma, Texas. How far will he go to hunt down the Gomez Gang and their brutal leader, Pedro, and what toll does it take on his friendships, marriage and body as he stumbles to the edge of his sanity?
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Northern Mexico, 1884. Approximately 50 miles south of Roma, Texas.
The hot September wind swept across the plain, rattling the dried cornstalks of their field, and Pilar glanced up involuntarily. The day didn’t feel right, though she couldn’t put her finger on the source of her fear. It was fire season in this part of northern Mexico, and her family had been watching for the signs of smoke for the last month, but she did not believe that this was the cause of her discomfort. There was something else, something that wasn’t right in the area, and it struck deeper in her heart than a fire would have. She gazed across the fields, squinting her eyes against the sun and searching for the cause of her discomfort.
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Santiago glanced down, ready to protest his sister’s generosity, and noticed that the man’s eyes were open. He closed his mouth and ducked toward the injured man. “Please,” the American breathed. “Water. Please help me.” The man’s eyes rolled back before he could say more, and his head dropped back to the ground.
Santiago looked up at his sister and nodded. “You are right. We must help this man, and quickly. Go get the horse. We must get him into the wagon.”
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