When Brazos Keene, a haunted cowboy with an honorable streak, comes across Twin Sombreros Ranch, he finds himself dragged into a vicious family feud. A convenient fall guy, Brazos is accused of the murder of Allen Neece, son of Abe Neece. The Neeces are the former owners of Twin Sombreros, but they lost it to the Surface family when their $50,000 herd of cattle mysteriously disappeared, turning the once proud Abe into a broken man as he and his twin...

The law nailed him with every murder in the Southwest! And every holdup, horse theft and any other unsolved crime in the territory. But Buck Duane was innocent. He was just too busy ducking to prove it. Then he met the Texas Ranger and found the chance to clear his name. He rode out alone to bring in the vicious Cheseldine Gang. Now he'd ride back for his pardon - or die!

Two young men come to the forbidding desert at the foot of Black Mesa. Paul Manning, a would-be writer from Kansas City, is running from memories that haunt him. Wess Kintell, a tall, grey-eyed Texan, is hiding from his shady past.

What Bert Felloe had in common sense and quiet determination, Chic Robertson had in talkative charm and a need for high adventure. They made a swell team, getting each other in and out of good times and bad working as cowhands, buffalo hunters and gold miners. But when Chic's search for easy money suddenly involved armed robbery and murder, Bert had to do some serious thinking about how far loyalty was supposed to go ...

A collection of stories by the masterful Western author introduces a cast of classic character, including a drifter who honors his deathbed promise to a stranger and a young thrillseeker who will settledown no matter the cost. Reprint.

In a remote corner of Utah lies the secret outlaw kingdom of Ben Curry. For fifteen years Curry has ruled supreme, as his men have pulled jobs from Canada to Mexico. But the king is getting old. He wants to turn his legacy over to someone younger, tougher. Mike Bastian is Ben's adopted son, a young man who can handle a knife, a gun, his fists, but a man who's never broken the law. Now, as treachery explodes among Ben's riders, and two honest lawmen--Tyrel...

To a man like Cole Dagget, eight hundred dollars meant a lot of hard hours in the saddle - and just enough to return to Texas, settle down and get married. So when the money was stolen from him in a small-town holdup, there was no way he was going to let the robbers just ride off with it. And he wasn't about to wait for the people of Solitude to form a posse. Riding out alone, Cole couldn't guess that when the posse caught up they would mistake him...

A young lad is allowed to join a crew of Western misfits in a search for buried treasure in the Black Hills.

Ben Dunn planned to settle his land dispute with Isaac Pope man to man, out in the open. Then maybe he could win himself some quiet at the foot of Comanche Mountain. But he didn't count on being herded into a corner by a double threat of death. Before him was the hatred of the man who wanted Pope's land, and closing in from behind was an enemy out of the past, hungry for revenge. Suddenly, besides protecting himself, Ben found himself backing Pope's...