Sabers From The Brazos Series

Matt Anderson was dead, shot down in a bank hold up that shocked the small community of Bozeman, Montana. At least the townsfolk thought he was dead. A case of mistaken identity may have saved Matt's life, but it would have to be a life lived in exile. His adventures took him south where he served in the confederate army. After the Civil War he followed his commanding general to Texas to work as a hired gun. Range wars and cattle drives kept him busy, and home life on the ranch was good. Then, one summer day, three cowboys rode in from Montana to bring him home. Matt's life would change forever as he found himself having to decide between the life and love he found in Texas and his family's ranch in Montana.

Ginny was dead; killed by a young Federal soldier's musket ball that sent a call for revenge t Matt Jorgensen, a cowboy on the run from the law from Montana. However, convinced that his sweetheart was still alive, he was determined to find her. Discovering himself deep in the heart of Texas when the Civil War broke out, Matt enlisted in the Texas 8th Cavalry with his newfound sidekick, Steve Andrews, only to find out that the cavalry had no horses and o authority to fight in the war. This is the story of Terry's Texas Rangers and four officers who led them through victorious battles. Two men, Matt and Steve, who became heroes themselves, whipped the cavalry unit into shape to become the finest cavalry regiment on either side of the War. Matt and Steve's destiny seemed to be to keep the memory of these four brave Sabers alive, and to find Ginny at any cost.

Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry was killed and his successor, Colonel Thomas Lubbock, died immediately afterwards of camp fever. Still, one of the greatest cavalry units in the Civil War looked onward towards victory with the leadership of two more unbeatable heroic officers, General Albert Sidney Johnston, and General John Austin Wharton, together with two rugged cowboys who knew something about guns and horses. This second story from the saga, is the continuing plight of Matt Jorgensen on the run from Montana who found himself deep in the heart of the Texas with friend, Steve Andrews, when the War Between the States broke out. The odds were against them in training others to become horse soldiers, especially when the cavalry unit had no horses in which to ride. Nevertheless, Terry’s Texas Rangers became the Devil’s with which no Federal army wanted to tangle. The powerful reason for Matt’s heroic exploitations was his relentless search for his sweetheart rumored to have been killed by a Federal soldier’s musketball. Matt was convinced she was still alive.

While attempting to join up with her lover Matt Jorgensen as he joins Confederate Calvary, Ginny McBride is hit by a musketball from a Union rifle. She develops amnesia, losing all memory as to who and where she is. Matt spends his military time trying to find her. When she returns to herself, she in turn tries to find Matt. It is a story that also engulfs the Western folklore of Jesse James, Cole Younger and his brothers and Belle (Starr) Shirley as they became legends.

Coming out of amnesia suffered during the Civil War, she recognized who her lover, Matt Jorgensen, was but had no idea how to find him. After having established a new life for herself with a new family, she discovers from her grandmother that she has a supernatural gift and is compelled to leave her comfortable lifestyle to search for Matt. The couple finds each other in the mountainous area of his childhood in Montana, but twenty years have changed their appearances. Although Bether finds him and knows who he is, Matt doesn't know who she is and falls in love with her because she reminds him of his lost Ginny. The conflict is that he has vowed to never love again. When the truth is revealed, other battle threaten to destroy their relationship. Feeling free at last, they travel to the Bar M Ranch in Texas where his one affair during the civil war turns up as a widow and seeks separate him from his love for Ginny. A wedding is planned but is threatened by evil forces that try to take Matt's life. Matt eventually finds that he and Ginny are inseparable in life due to a spiritual experience they share with one another. In this final episode in the Brazos series of seven novels, the author attempts to keep the readers on the edge of their seats to find out which way Matt's life will turn. An intriguing tale of love, hate, jealousy, lust and revenge moves the listener to wonder what will happen in this final saga. The listener will ride the trail with Matt and Ginny in many adventures to find what lies Beyond the Brazos.