Choate heads into Tejas country on a secret mission, knowing that he will be deep in enemy territory where the French, the Spanish, or Comanches could end both the mission and his life.
Noel Miller Loomis was an editor, printer, newspaperman, teacher and writer of western, mystery and science-fiction, winner of the Spur Award in 1959, President of Western Writers of America between 1954 and 1955, Director of Writers Workshop between 1963 and 1969, member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Association of University Professors, American Historical Association and PEN International.