The Brand Beneath the Ash

When trail boss Mateo Reyes returns to his family's ranch in the Texas

Panhandle in 1881, he finds the homestead burned and its cattle taken

under a forged brand. His sister Elena has survived, but the account

books are gone, and a powerful cattle broker claims the herd was

legally sold. As Mateo follows the trail of altered bills of sale,

hidden debts, and witnesses afraid to speak, he must recover the truth

about his father's past and fight for the family's land and name.