Waxahachie Smith

The Texas governor's ready to do anything to find a cure for the "Texas Fever" even pardon a man with a price on his head, Waxahachie Smith. Wax can return if he takes over the protection of a brilliant young vet who may be close to a breakthrough cure. But unscrupulous men will gain if the Texas cattlemen go under. Wax needs to use his slip gun to even the odds– to draw fast and shoot straight.

A special badge would make Waxahachie Smith marshal of Widow's Creek, but it also made him the target of a stone-cold killer. Ex-Texas Ranger Smith had lost both his trigger fingers years back, and some folks said he was washed up as a gunfighter. Now Smith's manhood and his life were on the line...a specially made slip gun was in his holster...and the town's safety was in his hands.

When the Fuente brothers learned that Waxahachie Smith was investigating their criminal activities, they decided that drastic action was called for. As far as they were concerned, the best way to stop a Texas Ranger—short of killing him—was to have his trigger-fingers cut off! That was a mistake. For Waxahachie Smith was not the kind of man to accept defeat. First in the exciting series.