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Forever Texas: A Novel of the American Frontier

by William W. Johnstone

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It's 1852. The wounds of the Mexican War are healing. Regis Royle, co-owner of a steamship fleet, has made it out alive, relatively unscarred and with enough profit and foolhardy ambition to envision a new life in south Texas. With the help of his crack-shot kid brother Shepley, his glad-handing riverboat partner Cormac Delany, and his old friend, raw-edged former Texas Ranger Jarvis "Bone" McGraw, Regis is laying claim to the prime jewel in a magnificent rolling prairie: the Santa Calina range teeming with wild mustangs, cattle, and eighteen-thousand acres of lush promise. But all dreams have a price. For Regis, it's hell to pay--and the fire is coming at him from all directions. The brothers Royle and their partners have the most to lose--including their lives. They made a pledge to themselves to build the greatest ranch in America. To see it through to the end, they'll have to ride hard and learn the bitter necessity of violence and bloodshed.… (more)
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Title: Forever Texas
Author: William W Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone
Pages: 400
Year: 2022
Publisher: Kensington
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
New characters in a bold and captivating new series set in south Texas beginning in the year 1852! The main male character is currently part owner and steam ship captain Regis Royal. There is some mystery to this man as his personal history isn’t fully revealed in the tale. We do learn he has a younger brother named Shepley and recently lost his mother. His partner in the shipping business educated him with books and by working on the boats. Now Regis wants to own land that currently is under Spanish domain, or is it?
The adversary in the tale is Tomasina Valdez, and she is as ruthless as they come. She rules her gang without mercy. She can wield a gun better than most, and she will fight for the land Regis wants to own and build a ranch on. We are given snippets into her past but there is more to this character than readers will learn. Tomasina brings an air to danger and gun smoke and tension to the power struggle for the land in south Texas.
In the novel, readers will enjoy the run-in of these two players along with other supporting characters, though I suspect a couple may grow in importance as the series grows. There is the land dispute that plays the central part in the plot, but there is other action going on in the background at times too. The fight for survival against those who wish to take what others have kept had me turning pages for hours. The way danger is faced head on such as a fight with Apaches or Tomasina’s vaqueros is wild! I got pulled into the tale and at times could envision what was happening as I read.
I anticipate that this new series will become one of the most sought after in the Johnstone world of tales. I liked how not everything was solved by the end of the story, leaving it to the readers imagination or perhaps to be picked up by the next installment in the series. So, bring on more of Regis Royal and his men who are out to tame the land and build a future!
Note: The opinions shared in this review are solely my responsibility. ( )
  lamb521 | Mar 1, 2023 |
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It's 1852. The wounds of the Mexican War are healing. Regis Royle, co-owner of a steamship fleet, has made it out alive, relatively unscarred and with enough profit and foolhardy ambition to envision a new life in south Texas. With the help of his crack-shot kid brother Shepley, his glad-handing riverboat partner Cormac Delany, and his old friend, raw-edged former Texas Ranger Jarvis "Bone" McGraw, Regis is laying claim to the prime jewel in a magnificent rolling prairie: the Santa Calina range teeming with wild mustangs, cattle, and eighteen-thousand acres of lush promise. But all dreams have a price. For Regis, it's hell to pay--and the fire is coming at him from all directions. The brothers Royle and their partners have the most to lose--including their lives. They made a pledge to themselves to build the greatest ranch in America. To see it through to the end, they'll have to ride hard and learn the bitter necessity of violence and bloodshed.

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