Scar of the Past
(2026)(A book in the Dan Burton: Texas Ranger series)
A novel by Robert Hanlon and Clem Mariotte
The frontier didn’t forgive weakness, and even strong men could die fast. Harlan Burton learned that the hard way.
A cattle rancher and former deputy in Kerrville, Texas, Harlan had put away his share of rustlers and outlaws. At his wife Clara’s urging, he quit the badge for good and focused on the ranch, raising a family in peace.
It didn’t last. Four men he’d helped send to prison—rustlers and ex-Confederates—came for revenge. They rode up and shot Harlan and Clara and left their cabin to burn.
They made one mistake: they left fifteen-year-old Dan alive. Slashed across the face and bleeding out, he crawled away and survived.
Twelve years later, Texas Ranger Daniel Burton carries his father’s .45 Colt and a scar from ear to jaw. Working out of San Antonio, he enforces the law across South and Central Texas, bringing in killers when he can and ending them when he must.
But the men who murdered his family are still out there. When their leader, Black Jack Harlan, resurfaces—raiding ranches and leaving bodies behind—Dan recognizes the signs. The scar burns. The hunt is on.
In a country where old grudges run deep and the law is thin, Dan Burton will track them down. Justice first. Mercy optional.
Genre: Western
A cattle rancher and former deputy in Kerrville, Texas, Harlan had put away his share of rustlers and outlaws. At his wife Clara’s urging, he quit the badge for good and focused on the ranch, raising a family in peace.
It didn’t last. Four men he’d helped send to prison—rustlers and ex-Confederates—came for revenge. They rode up and shot Harlan and Clara and left their cabin to burn.
They made one mistake: they left fifteen-year-old Dan alive. Slashed across the face and bleeding out, he crawled away and survived.
Twelve years later, Texas Ranger Daniel Burton carries his father’s .45 Colt and a scar from ear to jaw. Working out of San Antonio, he enforces the law across South and Central Texas, bringing in killers when he can and ending them when he must.
But the men who murdered his family are still out there. When their leader, Black Jack Harlan, resurfaces—raiding ranches and leaving bodies behind—Dan recognizes the signs. The scar burns. The hunt is on.
In a country where old grudges run deep and the law is thin, Dan Burton will track them down. Justice first. Mercy optional.
Genre: Western
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