"1883: Texas Ranger William Ray Strong teams up with Judge Roy Bean to track down the Old West's first serial killer, who's stitching a trail of death along the railroad lines slicing their way through Texas. The Present: Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong finds herself pursuing a serial killer whose methods are eerily similar to the one her great-grandfather chased almost a century and a half before. But that's just the beginning of her problems. The son of her reformed outlaw boyfriend, Cort Wesley Masters, is nearly beaten to death while at college. The trail of that attack at Brown University leads all the way back to Texas and a Chinese high-tech company recently awarded the contract to build the United States's 5G network. That achievement masks the true intentions of Li Zhen, the company's founder, whose thirst for vengeance, fueled by events dating back to the time of Caitlin's great-grandfather, has led to a plot aimed at nothing less than China's total domination of the United States. Up against an army at Zhen's disposal, Caitlin and Cort Wesley cross the country in search of secrets hidden in the past - but it's a secret from the present that holds the means to stop their adversary in his tracks. Fending off the forces of the Chinese underworld and confronted by the shocking existence of an international human trafficking network that preys on children, their quest turns both desperate and personal. Because there's a darkness coming, and only Caitlin Strong can find the light before it's too late"--Dust jacket.