The Texan Star launches Joseph A. Altsheler's planned trilogy on Texas's fight for independence, sweeping from Austin's imprisonment and Santa Anna's rise to the mounting rebellion that will lead toward the Alamo, Goliad, and San Jacinto. At the center of this frontier adventure are Ned and his companions, whose courage is tested in prison, on the open plains, and in the streets of San Antonio. Ned endures captivity in Mexico City with stubborn pride, growing thin and sleepless until his secret hardship gives way to a strangely comic but revealing request: he does not need a doctor, only a barber. Soon after, he and Obed race north through a barren wilderness, surviving by skill, trust, and nerve as Mexican scouts and Lipan warriors close in. Their journey carries them into the Texan volunteers' desperate resolve, where Ben Milam's call for men inspires a daring night march on San Antonio. There, the Texans slip into the town, take cover in its houses, and prepare for a fierce dawn standoff that captures the tension, sacrifice, and raw heroism of a struggle for liberty against overwhelming odds. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.