In the Shadow of Vargas (A Land in Turmoil Book 1)

Nature punished the land, and every living creature on it, as a merciless sun sucked out the very moisture the people and the cattle needed to survive. And still, it didn’t rain. But as disaster looms a man schemes to acquire Rancho Colinas de Oro, the land granted to William MacLeod and his wife, Francesca. Working with those he has bought, Cesario Santiago maneuvers to deceive the authorities into believing it should be taken from those who own it and given to him. With no regard for the outcome, he turns loose MacLeod’s sworn enemy to murder and maim.

They said he was the best, so they sent him out to kill. Now they wait for his death. For seven years Conaire Gray has known no peace, and now his past failure has come back to destroy him, while those responsible sit and watch him pay for his sins. But can he run from those seeking revenge, while a child’s life is offered for his death? What is his life worth? How can he survive another failure?