Rivers West Over one million books were sold in paperback! Rivers West is one of the most exciting frontier series of our time… tales of mountain men and intrepid women, pioneer families and Native American warriors. Here is the story of North America in all its awesome splendor. The Rio Grande From the distant mountains through the vast deserts to the great Mexican gulf flowed a might river known as the Rio Grande, giving life, promising adventure, shaping empires. In this land long held sacred by the Arapaho and the Shoshone, a fierce new battle was being waged as a bold young nation from the north challenged the Spanish for control of the continent. And for many it was a war for survival: Matthew Caine, an agent of the American government torn between his duty to country and his love of a Shoshone woman; Lieutenant Melgares, a Mexican soldier sworn to bring the American spy to the Santa Fe gallows; and Elena Cuevas, a nurse willing to risk death—or worse—to save the wounded Yanqui called El Gigante. Their destinies and their desires were entwined along the banks of the Rio Grande… river of dreams, river of blood. Jory Sherman is the Spur Award-winning author of The Medicine Horn, Song of the Cheyenne, Home’s Law, Winter of the Wolf, and Grass Kingdom. He has written The Arkansas River, The Brazos, The Rio Grande, The Columbia River, and The South Platte for the Rivers West series. He currently resides with his wife near Pittsburg, Texas.