"The Savage Breed" unfolds with a rush in a time and place rarely visited by the average western writer. Young veterans of the Lone Star"s battle for Independence, Travis Ross and Chase McAlister, are now ten years older. But as Texas Rangers they still ride headlong into any sort of trouble. In their case, it"s the engulfing red storm of the Mexican War. Though valiantly serving as Indian fighting scouts for Generals Scott and Taylor each "Texican" has his own campaign to wage and win. Travis desperately seeks the beautiful but unpredictable Mercedes Rayo that he"d loved and lost, while Chase doggedly hunts for the murderous half-Comanche, half-Apache Chieftain Little Face, who tortured and killed his parents fifteen years before. This tensely crafted tale is an intriguing reminder of how America"s Western Destiny was forged in the fires of battle as well as being a compelling love story. True West Magazine Louisiana author Randy Denmon scored some success with his earlier Western novel, The Lawless Frontier. This book, like that one, is set in Texas and Mexico, but The Savage Breed takes place in the Mexican War period, 1830s-"40s. The book is divided into the two parts. In the first, the Mexican War Adventures of Texas Rangers Travis Ross and Chase McAlister are recounted. There are plenty of battles, gunplay and some heroics. Most important are the unresolved problems that Travis takes home from the war: he is separated from the woman he loves, the beautiful Mercedes Rayo. Her father is a powerful rancher in Mexico who has sided against Texas in the war for independence and then resumed his battle against the Mexicans in the Mexican-American War. Travis also has unsettled scores with bandit Paco Medina and the ruthless Native American killer Littleface. He encounters them all again in the course of this rollicking adventure tale. Denmon"s heroes are not afraid of a fight. Baton Rouge Advocate