"In Texas at the close of the Civil War wagon boss Adam Rait inherits a wagon train of rifles and ammunition when the owner is murdered. He must protect the cargo from several parties who would just as soon take it by force as pay for it while dealing with Angela de Acera (the Steel Angel"--

"In two western stories, two lone travelers have their plans change unexpectedly when they happen upon people in need of help"--

In "Track the man down", Ben Dunn's fate is immediate hanging on capture. "Valley of the Wandering River" tells of Dave Chant's mistaken belief that it is possible for a man to go home again.

Astride his gelding, Deputy Ben Houston made a solitary silhouette riding the stark plains of Kansas. Ahead of him in the vast country rode a gang of murderous outlaws who had slashed their savage way from Montana to Wyoming to Colorado, and now they were shooting up Kansas. Where would the killers strike next? Soon they would have to make a slip-up, and Ben had to be there, anticipating their every move, in order to stop them...

Ben Skerrit, warden of Arizona Territorial Penitentiary, had instituted a new rehabilitation program. Then an 'open house' for the governor is spoiled by a breakout and the killing of a guard and two inmates by convict Rufe Houston, a notorious outlaw. His escape is followed by a bloodbath of further killings and the abduction of a young girl. Skerrit vows to kill Houston instead of returning him to justice. But more blood must be shed before warden...

The lawless strip: "Sam Kyler and three ranch hands are off to purchase cattle, but on the way, the hired hands rob Kyler of the money entrusted to him. Kyler sets off in pursuit of them, but is foiled when his employer charges him with the theft. Now a wanted man, Kyler flees and follows the trail to a territory known as the 'Strip'--an area in the panhandle west of the Indian Territory, which has no law enforcement."--back cover. The Cuchillo...

In 'Tenkiller Flats," Hannah Bradford has written to Dave Keegan to inform him of his father's death and to let him know that the Lazy K Ranch is now his. Dave had left because his father agreed to join the Seevert syndicate. Pride Seevert of the Seven Diamond Ranch had gotten the ranchers in the valley to merge their cattle for shipment with the Seven Diamond herd. The Seeverts would get a percentage once the cattle were sold. It was Dave Keegan's...

One More Hill to Hell concerns Dan Grimshaw who rides for Caine Pomeroy. Pomeroy s Kingpin Ranch is in the process of ruthless expansion. Melissa Olmstead an attractive widow has been holding out against Kingpin s eviction notice to her. Grimshaw at the risk of his own life breaks ranks and makes one last effort to get Melissa to give in. When again she refuses Grimshaw is confronted with a moral dilemma one that could put him in as much jeopardy...

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 while the people of Solitude formed a posse. Cole could only guess at the danger he was riding into when he set out alone after four outlaws....