Tato série sleduje osudy právníka a bývalého texaského hraničáře Billyho Boba Hollanda. Příběhy se odehrávají v drsném prostředí texaského pohraničí, kde se hlavní hrdina potýká s komplikovanými právními případy. Čtenáři se mohou těšit na napínavé zápletky a hluboký vhled do texaské kultury a práva.
"Lucas Smothers, nineteen and from the wrong end of town, has been arrested for the rape and murder of a local girl. His lawyer, former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland, is convinced of Lucas's innocence--but proving it means unearthing the truth from the seething mass of deceit and corruption that spreads like wildfire in a gossipy small town where everybody knows everybody else's business"--Amazon.com.
Billy Bob tries to live his life like the heartwood, growing from the heart out, but when his friend and neighbour is framed for the theft of.
Billy Bob Holland's visit to his old friend Doc Voss in Montana turns into a nightmare when Doc's daughter is brutally attacked, the suspect is burned alive, and Doc is arrested. Meanwhile, Wyatt Dixon, a member of a dangerous gang, is after Billy's life.
When Dixon, a criminal who Billy Bob Holland helped send to prison, is released on a technicality, Holland finds his loved ones endangered by the vengeful killer.