The Shadow Grows

When vengeance fades, what's left of the man who needed it?

With the war behind him and his enemies out of reach, Captain Robert Hester rides into Mexico with nothing but ghosts.

Haunted by the murder of his family and the vengeance he could not complete, Hester drifts through the harsh landscapes of the Sierra Madre-without purpose, without direction, and without hope.

Until the frontier gives him a reason to stop.

When he rescues a wounded Mescalero Apache elder from ruthless scalp-hunters, Hester is pulled into a different kind of fight-one rooted in survival, not revenge. Under her guidance, he begins to learn a new way of living... and a new understanding of what it means to be a warrior.

Soon, others follow-a loyal animal, a wounded vaquero, a fragile, hard-won sense of family.

But the frontier is unforgiving.

When a small mountain town falls under threat from a band of violent raiders, Hester must choose:
keep riding and leave them to their fate... or stand and fight for something that isn't his.

Outnumbered and with little left to lose, the decision will define the man he becomes.

A powerful Western of redemption, survival, and second chances, The Shadow Grows continues the journey of Captain Robert Hester as he faces the hardest battle yet-finding a reason to live.