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The Attila Family Saga:Forgotten Mexican Gunslingers
by Rafael M. Ayala   
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Category:  Western
Publisher: Ayala's Printing

Type: Fiction

Pages: 280

Copyright: 
2008
ISBN-13: 9781615390168


This family epic begins with cousins Rafael, Reynaldo and Hilario Attila, three men bound by blood, family loyalty and the honor of old Mexico and the new California as they guard their inheritance against overwhelming odds.

"The Attila Family Saga" recounts exploits of "The Forgotten Mexican Gunslingers".  The epic is surely bound to capture your imagination and spur your interest, these lost western legends conjure up images of virile and cagey, iron laden pistoleers.  Ride with them within the early California coastal mountain settlements of Soledad, Salinas, Arroyo Seco, Greenfield, King City, Hollister and Pacheco Pass.  

Bearing the unjurst burdens of many beset by inequitable laws of the west, brothers and cousins are forced to step outside the "law" and pursue, by necessary means, any and all who dare threaten their family's pursuit of peace.  During a time when justice was, more often than not, defined by the fastest draw this family holds their own during desperate times and, with fierce determination, bring a semblance of justice to the small town of Chular.

This family epic begins with cousins Rafael, Reynaldo, and Hilario Attila.  Three men bound by blood, family loyalty, and the honor of old Mexico and new California make their way victoriously through perilous times, often against overwhelming odds.  They become stalwart vanguards of their parents' dreams, as well as their own, while discovering love in the midst of chaos.  Thus they begin the next generation of Attilas.  

Follow the obscure heavy hand that has wheeled the fates of these men and join the ever expanding adventures of the Attila Family and their generation's emergence through time. 



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It was a warm, breezy day in 1852, a dark eyed, rugged looking, young Mexican man, Rafael, sat under the shade of a big mesquite tree savoring the juice of a piece of cana. He was gazing appreciatively at the lush, rolling green hills of his property.

Rafael stared at the human formed target his father had made for him, recalling the feel of the .45 caliber he had just held. Rafael and his cousins had honed their aim to lethal perfection on this target. Hence, the target was barely recognizable.

Rafael looked at the target, proudly noting that he had not missed a single shot. His father had told him time and time again that to miss his target was to die. He had been twelve years old then. Pretty old to have started learning how to use a gun, but Mama had been against his father teaching him. Undeterred, Papa had told him "Hijo, you must learn to use the pistola well. You must make it a part of you. It is important que me escuches because should something happen to me, you hijo would be left to take of your Mama, and our home".


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