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They Wanted Justice
They Wanted Justice
They Wanted Justice
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They Wanted Justice

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Set in Civil War Texas, They Wanted Justice is an action/adventure story spiced with love and hate. Seriously wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Luc Post, a devout Christian soldier in Gen. Lees Army, comes to Texas to rehabilitate a serious injury. After being healed by a Comanche, he gets caught up in a series of violent encounters when he joins Qunashano, a Comanche leader, and Joellen Meriwether, a beautiful rancher, in a quest for a Yankee spy who has murdered members of their families. In the process they encounter a fascinating array of frontier Texans wanting some kind of justice.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateMar 13, 2013
ISBN9781479792016
They Wanted Justice
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Preston Harper

Born and raised in Austin Texas, Preston Harper served eight years in U.S. Army Intelligence. He has an MA from The University of Texas in Austin and a PhD from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. He has taught American literature at Abilene Christian University for over twenty-five years. Besides Texas Prison Break he has written a translation of Beowulf and five novels: Warlords of the West: A Story of the Comanches, The Good Fight, A Small Deception, Reasons to Live, Reasons to Die, and They Wanted Justice. He has also written over 100 academic articles and reviews. He and his wife, Marsha live in Abilene, Texas. They have three children.

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