Tierra del Oro
Forty Grains of Black Powder
Along the banks of the Rio Sangria, half breed Luis Panadero dreamed an empire into being.
How did he do it?
The road to La Nariz led through wild canyons
and across the high Sierra Madre. 
But he underestimated "Trouble" --
the boy Marieta claimed was his son, Ramón.
Ramóncito loved the smell of the morning, primroses after a rain.
Yet in the evenings, when his eyelids grew heavy, he was afraid to sleep.
One day Mama left and did not return.
Hacienda de Panadero became a showplace for all of north Sonora.
... wide halls, airy rooms, and tiled patios
"People say that he built this house for her."
Ramón -- Trouble. Who was he? His destiny hinged on a scrap of paper,
found by chance. Because of it, he journeyed to La Nariz.
Leaving behind the bar girl Tinita, 
Trouble sought solitude far to the south. 
In Los Pobres
a spring flowed out of the rocks. 
On a rocky hillside nearby,
Trouble built a one-room casita, 
and believed he could once again become Ramón.
When Luis hired a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter called Walker, El Catedral witnessed bloodshed. 
For the first time in years, don Luis made plans.
Only . . . Destino had other plans.
When the sun came up over the Rio Sangria,
everything had changed.
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