Comanche Moon (Pan Macmillan)

Following on from the end of Dead Man's Walk to the beginning of Lonesome Dove, this magnificent addition fills in the most fascinating years of Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call's lives. Set against the long, bitter, bloody frontier fighting that pitched white men against Comanches, this epic novel follows the adventures of Gus and Call, now Texas Rangers under the command of Captain Inish Scull - a man who is happiest exploring the frontier away from his wife; and Buffalo Hump, the enigmatic Comanche chief who rejects the notion of his people living in reservations and plans a huge raid on the white settlements with his warriors.

When Scull's favourite horse is stolen by the Comanches, he decides to track him down, leaving Gus and Call in charge. But, on their return to Austin, Gus is greeted aby the news that his sweetheart is to marry another man and Call finds that the town's most notorious woman is desperate to settle down with him and become respectable.

So, when the wealthy Madame Scull demands that her errant husband be brought home, the Rangers set off with feelings akin to relief - only to find that this is just the beginning of their wild adventures.An epic novel where barbarism and civilisation come in many forms, and a strong affinity for the landscape and its inhabitants is conveyed with a deeply felt lyrical intensity.