Bill Worden had been sheriff of Grant County for eleven years, yet now he was faced with the toughest twenty-four hours of his life.He had always succeeded in keeping things quiet between the ranchers and the farmers—but that was before he had a prisoner to hang: Ed Lake, a convicted murderer.Now the ranchers were plotting to set Lake free, and the farmers were talking about lynching him—and it was up to Worden to keep both sides from carrying out their plans... if he could...

Black MikeSam Cassidy comes home to find himself in a series of tense confrontations. His father expects Sam to work for him at the local bank, and Sheriff Ben Faraday, for whom Sam worked the previous summer as deputy, is suffering from a terminal disease and wants Sam to become a deputy again. "Black Mike" Nickels wants to expand his use of public land and bring in more sheep, backed by guns. The Cattlemen's Association has vowed to stop Black Mike, but Sam's decision to...

Stories included:“The Woman from Cougar Creek”“The Price of Pride”“The Devil and Old Man Gillis”“Shooting for a Fall”“It’s Hell to Be a Hero”“The Tongue-Tied Cowboy”“From Hell to Leadville”“The Deputy with a Past”“Judge Peterson’s Colt Law”“The Breaking of Sam McKay”“Fugitive from the Boothill Brigade”“The Man Ten Feet Tall”

Dave Lowery lived in Gunlock, a dying western trail town, now an outlaw’s haven. Sheriff Arno Slade, the power in town in cahoots with the judge, is suspected of killing Lowery’s father. Only through a settling of scores will the town be able to change and be reborn. Does Dave Lowery have the courage to act?

When Jett Cader comes home to an empty house, he knows that his wife has decided to take their young son away from their tough rural life in exchange for the city and better opportunities. But Jett's troubles go beyond this fresh heartbreak. He's at the end of his rope with his scoundrel neighbors, three brothers who continuously steal from him and threaten his livelihood. He knows that his quarrel with them can only end in powder, smoke, and lead, but he has a small hope that if he surviv...

"It's all so easy," Billy was thinking. "So nice and easy the way they're playing it. Taking their time to get me out of here. Nobody making trouble. No guns, nothing. Not a bad way to grab a buck... not bad at all... good sun...food... lie in the sun... take a little nap."...Which was just what they L were waiting for.Here is Wayne Overholser's story of a kid who learned to be a man too soon, and never learned how to run.

A SMALL TOWN BECOMES THE BATTLEGROUNDFOR A VERY DEADLY FAMILY FEUD.WELCOME HOME, KIDWhen Jim Dunn, better known as the Kid, rode into his old home town of Cairo, he figured he'd have to shoot fast. He figured they'd remember his saloon-wrecking sprees and hell-raising exploits of old. What he didn't figure on was finding his father six feet under and his brand-new stepmother running the family ranch with an outlaw crew.Nobody, not even his girl, thought Jim c...

He'd need all his guts and strength to be sheriff in Turner CountyIt was a small backwater town where a tough judge, a powerful banker, and a big landowner were used to running the show. But now Ed Logan was sheriff, and they'd have to deal with him. He could handle them. But when a beautiful woman pulled into town and told Ed about the ruthless character looking to buy up all the land, he knew he needed help. He didn’t know she had an old score to settle and would give him all the...

SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHORHe rode across the West, a hard-muscled, long-boned man, with a face burned to Indian bronze by sun and wind. His buckskin shirt was darkened by dirt and age, his broad-brimmed black hat had two bullet holes in the crown. He carried a knife in a scabbard on his left side, a .45 Colt in a holster on his right side, and kept his Winchester in the boot of his Mexican leather saddle. He was Rafe Dolan, and his name was a legend. Maybe too much of a legend. Ther...

Black MikeSam Cassidy comes home to find himself in a series of tense confrontations. His father expects Sam to work for him at the local bank, and Sheriff Ben Faraday, for whom Sam worked the previous summer as deputy, is suffering from a terminal disease and wants Sam to become a deputy again. "Black Mike" Nickels wants to expand his use of public land and bring in more sheep, backed by guns. The Cattlemen's Association has vowed to stop Black Mike, but Sam's decision to...

SPUR AWARD-WINNING AUTHORMoving across the country like two great claws, rails of shining steel carved their way into the heart of Oregon's vast frontier. The seemingly unstoppable rail lines could go no further when they reached the land of Hanna Racine. She was a beautiful woman, easy to love, but impossible to buy. She controls an empire of brutish men who fight for her love and land, but Hanna chooses to be with a man who belongs to another woman. Soon Hanna finds herself in a ...

BATTLE AT BEECHER ISLANDForty-nine untrained civilian volunteers, two wounded officers and a dying Army doctor were nailed down on a sand-bar in a shallow river by more than a thousand Cheyenne, Arapahoe and Sioux. For the fourth day the squaws and children shrieked with blood-lust. Roman Nose gathered his warriors for yet another attack. And again the desperate men on Beecher Island leveled their rifles... An epic novel of the blood and courage which won the West for civilization!...