West Texas Eyes

They took his horse. They took his gun. They made the mistake of leaving him alive. Eldridge Sample is done with the law. Drifting across the baking hardpan of the Llano Estacado, he stops only to scavenge supplies from six dead bandits in a dry wash. It's a mistake that costs him his freedom. Captured by a rogue U. S. Cavalry patrol led by the sadistic Captain Hatcher, Sample is framed for the murders, beaten, shackled, and dragged toward a hanging tree.
But when the sun goes down, the chains come off. Escaping barefoot into the unforgiving cactus scrub, Sample becomes the prey in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Hunted by a relentless mute tracker and a squad of killers in blue coats, he is pushed to the brink of death by thirst and exposure. But in the shadows of the high plains, Sample uncovers a conspiracy darker than the night. Colonel Vance, a ruthless cattle baron, is purchasing his empire with blood-arming a brutal Comanche war party to slaughter homesteaders and clear the range for his beef.
When Sample witnesses the aftermath of a raid-a family erased and children stolen-the drifter vanishes. In his place rises "The Terror, " a mud-caked ghost armed with nothing but a stolen knife and a memory of war. Sample isn't running anymore. He's circling back. And he's going to make sure the price of beef in West Texas is paid in blood."I can't stomach the killing of innocents."Visceral, atmospheric, and brutally fast-paced, West Texas Eyes is a survival thriller that strips the Western genre down to its bones.
Perfect for fans of the savage landscapes of Blood Meridian, the tactical suspense of Rambo, and the hard-boiled style of Elmore Leonard.