In every democracy the laws for the protection of the innocent allows loopholes through which the guilty can slip...

The Governor of Texas decided that only unconventional methods could cope with the malefactors who slipped through the meshes of the law and so was formed a select group of Texas Rangers. Picked for their courage, honesty and devotion to justice, they were known as Company Z...

With one exception, every man in Company Z had been a member of the Texas Rangers for several years. Alvin Fog was that man. He had inherited the muscles, skill at gun-handling and bare-handed fighting of his grandfather, the legendary Rio Hondo gun wizard, Dusty Fog. But his fellows in Company Z were not convinced he had the skill needed for their unconventional duties. It was up to him to prove he was worthy of his place in Company Z. Only he alone could truly become ... Alvin Fog, Texas Ranger!

Albert Brickhouse was a financier who had ruined hundreds of people before fleeing from the United States along with his bodyguard, Victor Torreson – who was wanted for rape and murder. But because they had become naturalised citizens of Mexico they could not be extradited and were able to live openly on their ill-gotten gains.

But life in Juarez was not without problems, for they aroused the hostility of a prominent Mexican bandido and his family, and in an attempt to heal the breach Brickhouse decided to throw a fiesta, and hire extra guns for protection.

Torreson was sent into Texas to arrange matters, and there he met two men who seemed admirably suited to his needs. Comanche Blood was a half-breed, tall, lean and as deadly as his warrior ancestors. The other man was seemingly small and insignificant, but he proved to be a cold-blooded killer. The speed with which he could move and draw a gun had earned him a special name ... Rapido Clint!

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. Bring 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...