Texas On the Rocks

In 2008, when the Russians ruled most of the world and the United States was suffering from a catastrophic drought, most everybody went to bed a little hungry every night. But out in the South Atlantic Ocean, a Texican named Ripley Forte was riding herd on the answer to America's deadly water shortage, hauling toward Matagorda Bay the only natural resource that could make the Republic of Texas rich again. And while he was at it, Forte would teach the Russians a thing or two about surprise attack. To save the civilized world, all he had to do was live long enough.