<DIV><DIV><P>Get ready fir a new adventure in Jon Land's Texas Rangers series with <I>Strong Vengeance.</I></P><P><I>1818:</I> In the Gulf waters off the Texas coast, the pirate Jean Lefitte and his partner Jim Bowie launch an attack on the <I>Mother Mary</I>, a slave ship carrying an invaluable treasure.</P><P><I>The Present:</I> Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong finds herself investigating the murder of the oil-rig crew that had found the long-lost wreckage of the <I>Mother Mary</I>. The crew also uncovered something else beneath the surface of the sea--something connected to a terrorist attack about to be launched by a mad American-born cleric who has recruited an army of homegrown terrorists.</P><P>With the stakes higher than any she has encountered before, Caitlin races to find the connection between the secret treasure of the <I>Mother Mary</I> and the deadly secret hidden on the bottom of the ocean.</P><P>Caitlin’s only chance to defeat the terrorists lies in the darkest reaches of the Louisiana bayou. In the end, only the strongest of vengeance can win the day.</DIV></DIV>