Rule of the High Plains : a Frank Rule western collection
(Book)

"After losing wife, children, and hope, Frank Rule becomes a grief-hardened wanderer, tracker, and killer when he needs to be. Rule hits town like a grim, low-flying angel, quietly avenging the murdered or missing."--Back cover.

"Short, bald, and bespectacled, Frank Rule is not a typical Llano Estacado cowboy. While moving his family out of the Rio Grande Valley, an area tormented by Comancheros and bands of renegade Indians, disaster befalls the Rule family. Forced to live alone in the isolation of the Texas Panhandle, eventually Frank falls into periods of hallucination, where he is visited by the spirit of his dead wife at night and the devil during the day. Despite these struggles, he develops a reputation for solving mysteries and avenging wrongs. Now all Frank has to do is get control of his own life. The adventures of this 1860s paladin are often intriguing, sometimes frightening, and they open a window to the past on a harsh frontier."--Jacket flap.