When Sandy Wakefield, Flint's uncle, dies in a mining mishap, Flint and Johnny Wakefield suspect foul play. Sandy was trying to improve the miners' lot, who work long hours in dangerous conditions for
Everyone in Big Iron knew how vicious Gabe Hawks could get when he was drunk. But Gabe was the son of a powerful rancher, and when Marcy Clayborne accidentally killed him in self-defense, the powerful
Luke Yancy apprenticed to a gun-smith when he was just a boy. At fifteen, he fought in the Civil War, and later he became one of the youngest U.S. deputy marshals ever. Now, still in his twenties, Luk
The Civil War ended months ago, but in Lost Springs, Missouri, the fighting rages on. The town is run by Austin Urbank, an embittered Northern veteran who lost a leg—and his soul—in battle. Under Aust
Ranz Tanner is down to six cents and a lame horse when he defends a young Mexican girl in a cantina fight in the Arizona Territory; he shoots a man in self-defense and is promptly sentenced to five ye
Mac Avery, the man known as Banker, had no special business in the town of Mona. He was just riding through. But he didn’t like what he saw there.One man, Justin Carstairs, had the whole town in his h
Matt Sco?eld tried real hard to stay out of other people’s squabbles. He’d had enough ?ghting in the War Between the States and later in Mexico. As he rode toward his hometown, all he wanted was peace
The Valeron code was simple: Trust in the Lord, but keep a gun handy. And when it came to harming one of them or their family, they had but one commandment: Thou shalt not get away with it! Rodney (Li
Some men operate beyond the law's reach. Such were the Macreedys. They sold whiskey to the Indians across the Canadian border, then cashed in their loot (including the selling of Indian women and
The war between the Union and the Confederacy had ended, but the fight is not over for the Kenyon family. Being Yankees, their presence in Three Forks, Texas, is met with hostility and resentment. Dav
It seemed a simple, straight forward mission for Yancy Nodean: clean up Pine Junction. People were going broke in droves unable to pay the heavy taxes levied by the town mayor. Enforcing and collectin
Doug Wyler has a stubborn streak a mile wide—more guts than brains, some folks might say. He'll take on a man twice his size for a cause he believes in. But this time, even Doug has his doubts. For th
When Kit Montgomery happens upon the bodies of six Owatawna Indians, he knows that there will be war—and that he will be in the middle. As an Army negotiator, he has had three years of peaceful dealin
When Dave Runyan set out to deliver a wagonload of barbed wire to a farmer in Wayward, Wyoming, he knew there might be trouble. After all, some of the ranchers referred to barbed wire as "the devil's
Orion Culhane had always earned his way with a gun. But the time he worked as a stagecoach guard and shot five bandits in one day, he'd finally had enough. He never wanted to shoot at anyone—or be sho
Guy Kolter was probably one of the best detectives in Denver. So when he was hired by someone to find the killer of Zack Lorring, an old miner, he was fairly sure he could do the job. But Guy hadn't c
Reputed throughout the West to be half man, half gun, Rawlin Lassito was a legend in his own time. Books had been written about his vendetta against the Quantrill Raiders who had slaughtered his loved
When Dr. Eliot Bouldeen runs into mountain man Big Badd Bartley in the Arizona desert, it has already been an eventful day. The young woman whose life he has just saved lies unconscious on the sand, a
When Dave Bryant rides back to Scofield, Montana, so many years have passed that no one recognizes him. This is just as he wants it. His parents have been in the ground for twelve years, and Dave’s re
Back in El Paso no one ever accused ex-cavalryman Troy Banner of being overly heroic or steadfast or even friendly. He was just known for his good aim and his bad temper, and most smart men steered cl
As Brian DeClay rode to Twin Forks, he was determined to kill Sid Locklin, the man responsible for his father's death eight years before. Henry DeClay and Sid had been partners in a freight line—till
Lagg Durant is a peaceable rancher with no real enemies. But after killing vicious Guns Quinton in self-defense, he’s forced to flee across the snow-covered San Juan Mountains or face Quinton’s vengef
Lane McCord was still a die-hard Reb ten years after the Civil War. But when Kimberly Torrey, a beautiful Yankee lady in distress, crossed his path, he was willing to do anything for her. With the hel
Tybalt Kolher, who helped plan new routes for a stagecoach company, spent a lot of time out on the trail. But in all his years of riding, he had never met anyone as green and clumsy—or as feisty—as th
Spenser Whitlock knows the ins and outs of blacksmithing. As for his rather honorary title of Deputy Marshal, he had seldom been called upon to keep the peace or arrest anyone in Sundown. When a ki
For Tito Pacheco, a few hands of poker seems a good way to pass the time - until he is forced to kill one man to save another. Then he finds the body on the trail, and has a second gunfight in a town
Tazz Cantrelle—known for his way with a gun—had been sent to Yuma Prison for standing up to a crooked lawman. Every day spent there with dangerous killers and vicious guards was like a century in hell
