The Devil's Rope

From acclaimed storyteller Tim Washburn, the second adventure in his thrilling new saga of the Old West, the sprawling story of one frontier family--and the Texas home they fought for, lived for, and died for...

The Ridgeway family faces their greatest challenge when a devastating drought threatens to spark an open range war, forcing them to fight for their ranch, their dream--and their lives . . .

DEATH BY THE DEVIL'S ROPE

It's the summer of 1883. A severe drought threatens to bankrupt the Ridgeway's Rocking R Ranch and every rancher in northwest Texas. The cattle are thirsty and hungry. The ranchers are getting desperate. And a simple new invention called barbed wire--the devil's rope--is their only defense against illegal herders grazing on their land. Percy Ridgeway and his brother Eli are working overtime to stake a fence around their sixty thousand acres. But someone keeps cutting the wires. The Ridgeways keep fixing them. And soon Perry is tangled in a high-stakes showdown with a thieving cattleman named Northcutt and his cutthroat henchmen. Let the battle begin . . .

History would call it the Fence Wars of 1883. The Ridgeways would call it the summer they fought back--come hell or dry water . . .

About the Author

Tim Washburn is the author of action-packed thrillers and Westerns, including Powerless, Cataclysm, the Day After Oblivion, Cyber Attack, and The Rocking R Ranch Westerns. A father of three, Tim and his wife live in central Oklahoma, deep in the heart of Tornado Alley. Tim Washburn is a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Authors Guild, and the Western Writers of America.