A modern Texas deputy sheriff spends more time riding in a car than upon a horse, and uses every scientific aid available in fighting against crime. One thing, however, has not changed since the days of the Old West. A lawman still must know how to handle his gun with deadly speed and accuracy.When a gang of criminals, trying to make an escape to safety across the Rio Grande, use Rockabye County, Texas, as their base, they threaten to employ terrorist tactics against the law. Sheriff Jack Tragg sets up Woman Deputy Alice Fayde and her partner, Deputy Brad Counter, as targets to draw the gang into the open.Faced with a member of the gang armed with a sawed-off shotgun, only Brad's speed on the draw can save his life. At that moment either Brad or the outlaw has only one quarter of a second left to live J.T. Edson brings to life the fierce and often bloody struggles of untamed West. His colorful characters are linked together by the binding power of the spirit of adventure -- and hard work -- that eventually won the West. With more than 25 million copies of his novels in print, J.T. Edson has proven to be one of the finest craftsmen of Western storytelling in our time. Rockabye County is J.T. Edson's version of a modern-day Western.
