Philip "Handsome Phil" Foote had been arrested for raping and murdering a girl.

Aware of how strong a case could be made against him, he hired the most dishonest attorney in Texas to act on his behalf — Reece Mervyn. Being completely without scruple and possessing a thorough knowledge of the law, Mervyn had never hesitated to put its weakness to his advantage.

Even when he knew his client was guilty, as in Foote's case, he was willing to employ any means to bring about an acquittal — providing the price was right.

Mervyn successfully paid off the key witnesses for the prosecution — and Foote was acquitted. But neither of them would have been so complacent had they realized that their success had brought them to the attention of the Texas Rangers' newly formed Company Z ….

This series of novels features the grandsons of members of the Floating Outfit - Dusty Fog, the Ysabel Kid and Mark Counter, (Alvin Fog, Mark Scrapton and Rance Smith respectively are in a special unit called Company Z that consists largely of Texas Rangers during the prohibition era. Company Z is an extra legal company formed by the Governor of Texas. Besides the Texas Rangers, there are other members who were chosen for their skills and abilities that are special to them.

The titles issued by Piccadilly Publishing do vary from those originally printed but everything else remains the same. For instance: "You're a Texas Ranger, Alvin Fog aka Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger " has been renamed to "Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger".