Ranger - The Life of Zeke Slade - Book One — Colby Van Wagoner

In this coming of age story, Zeke Slade's mother and father are murdered just before the start of the Civil War. Personally shattered by the event, and without consideration for the recent crimes or land right, the military seizes his land in order to prepare for the coming war between the North and the South. After some persuasion, Zeke departs for Texas with family friend and Texas Ranger, Captain Donovan Walton. In Texas, Zeke Slade grows into a deadly, and notorious, Texas Ranger. He soon meets the love of his life, Evelyn McAllister, and the two are married. Struggle and strife are constant factors Zeke and the other Texas Rangers face, enforcing the law in Fort Worth, Texas.