The hissing patter of falling ash, the occasional crash as a building crumbled, and the terrified weeping of the fleeing Pompeians were the only sounds to be heard as they neared the gate leading out of the town.
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Following the Civil War, Henry Paul Brannigan, a naïve, deeply religious, non-drinker, finds his native South Texas a wild, brutal land of no law, and sudden death. Brannigan and his resilient, resourceful wife, Elizabeth, operating a bank in Uvalde, Texas where the six-gun rules, find life abrupt and often deadly. Brannigan is offered a job as a Texas Ranger, a job he feels duty bound to accept. The thirteen related short stories of the book describe the frequent transition of peaceful life on the Texas prairie to fatal conclusions.
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A secretive smile crossed Aphrodite’s face. She brought her hand around and slowly unfolded it to reveal four small figures standing on her palm; two boys, one of whom was wearing glasses, a girl with long fair hair and, last but not least, a handsome, pale-coloured cat with startling turquoise eyes.
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