A Departmental Case

Luke Standifer used to chase outlaws across Texas. Now he sits behind a government desk as Commissioner of Insurance, Statistics, and History - a title that sounds impressive until you realize most of his work involves paperwork instead of gunfights. Then a desperate woman walks into his office. She is the daughter of an old friend, abandoned by her husband, nearly penniless, and looking for help that the law may not be able to provide. What follows is a collision between frontier loyalty and bureaucratic procedure, where a former Texas Ranger discovers that justice and legality are not always the same thing.