Adam Rait just wants to guide his crew across the state of Texas, deliver his cargo, and get paid. But his convoy is almost immediately joined by mysterious Mexican travelers—the beautiful and mysterious Angel de Acera and her brother, Bernal. When Kurt Hanover, the man running the deal and Rait’s employer is murdered, Rait is left wondering what he should do with an entire wagon train of smuggled arms?The Confederate army wants to get their hands on the guns, but so do the Mexican...

Dan Ricker didn’t have a badge. He didn’t ask to be a lawman. But he owed his life to Marshall Burke—and when Burke died while taking killer Jack Gorman to jail, Ricker knew he had to take over the job.The trail led through treacherous Comanche territory—where Ricker picked up the added burden of a girl whose father had been murdered by the Indians. Even worse, it had to pass close to the Gorman ranch, where Jack’s vicious, vengeance-hungry kin waited in ambush. The Gormans had eve...

Decket had a tiger by the tail when he arrested notorious killer Shotgun Travers. But Decket had asked for it. He had been wearing a U.S. marshal’s badge when he was nothing of the sort. He was a small-town peace officer who had used the badge to his own ends, forcing bigger men than he to bend to his will. But now the tables had turned …

There was no celebrating in Saddlerock when Dan Ruick returned home again. Many stories had been told about his six killings. Maybe he had only killed with cause, but the townfolk didn’t press their luck and steered clear of Dan’s gun. This time Dan had come back to find a killer, not be one. But a bounty hunter was already on his tracks, with orders to shoot on sight!

Texas FlatIn this duo’s title story, twenty-eight-year-old Dave Bradford is close to achieving his dreams. In an effort to expand his cattle ranch and marry Sirral Drury, Bradford plans to sell four hundred of his cattle in Wichita. But JJ Farman, owner of the biggest ranch in the basin, calls a meeting and warns Bradford he best not try to take the cattle across Texas Flat, even though it’s open range. Going around Texas Flat would add two hundred miles to the cattle driv...

''He’s a cold-blooded murderer behind his badge and we can’t keep him around as town marshal.''''You really think Mark has turned killer?'' one of them asked.Rohle, who had appointed himself head of the group, said smoothly, ''This last shooting proves it to me. The marshal gunned down an unarmed man. I think Mark is unbalanced. Killing sometimes gets to be a habit that can’t be stopped.''We’ll give Mark until sundown to turn in his badge and leave town. If he refus...

Ray Hogan remains one of the masters of Western fiction. His stories are especially notable for their compelling characters united with a narrative style that is as intensely interesting as it is emotionally involving.Between Life and DeathRecently released from prison, Dade Lockett was serving time as an accessory to robbery. His partner in crime, Pete Dillard, was not captured. In fact, Dillard abandoned Lockett during the chase, taking all the money with him. Wh...

If the lynch mob didn’t get him, a hanging judge would. Even though he was innocent!Matt Campion had come to Harmony to begin a new life as a rancher, only to find himself unjustly accused of murder.Now, even if he could escape from this jail cell … he would have to outrun Albert Toon, the lawman they called “The Mantracker.” He was a human bloodhound. And he’d follow Campion to the ends of the earth if he had to. Because the man Campion was accused of murdering was Albert ...

Ray Hogan remains one of the masters of Western fiction. His stories are especially notable for their compelling characters united with a narrative style that is as intensely interesting as it is emotionally involving.Between Life and DeathRecently released from prison, Dade Lockett was serving time as an accessory to robbery. His partner in crime, Pete Dillard, was not captured. In fact, Dillard abandoned Lockett during the chase, taking all the money with him. Wh...

Texas FlatIn this duo’s title story, twenty-eight-year-old Dave Bradford is close to achieving his dreams. In an effort to expand his cattle ranch and marry Sirral Drury, Bradford plans to sell four hundred of his cattle in Wichita. But JJ Farman, owner of the biggest ranch in the basin, calls a meeting and warns Bradford he best not try to take the cattle across Texas Flat, even though it’s open range. Going around Texas Flat would add two hundred miles to the cattle driv...

We want them all run out…gamblers, rustlers, gunslingers…every mother's son of them. They hired a legend to clean up their town-but he's old now. Can the Marshall still handle it - or is he headed for Boot Hill?

Adam Rait just wants to guide his crew across the state of Texas, deliver his cargo, and get paid. But his convoy is almost immediately joined by mysterious Mexican travelers—the beautiful and mysterious Angel de Acera and her brother, Bernal. When Kurt Hanover, the man running the deal and Rait’s employer is murdered, Rait is left wondering what he should do with an entire wagon train of smuggled arms?The Confederate army wants to get their hands on the guns, but so do the Mexican...