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Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack has spent a full winter healing up after being shot in the back, and he's still not completely ready for action. But he has to see a man about a horse ... and a lot more. The horse is his own stallion. The man is Memphis Beck, a member of the notorious Hole-in-the-Wall Gang and the outlaw who saved his life. It's time for the ranger to collect his stallion. But another man has his own interest in Hole-in-the-Wall: a cold-blooded...

In this third novel, a rawhide-tough horse thief rides up from Mexico with a lightning-quick draw that leaves a trail of dead criminals in his wake. His son Herschel now wears a badge, but many years have passed since he left his boy to chase down sunsets.

This was not the first time Gil Ross had been to Virginia City in Nevada Territory. In the spring of 1860 he had gone there as a reporter to write about the new silver strikes. Four years later, he's there as mining engineer to prepare an official report on the potential wealth of the region for the Lincoln Administration. Much had improved, but there were new problems. Stagecoaches were subject to frequent hold-ups by gangs - including the one in...

Seems like every time Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack turns over a rock, a Black Valley Rider jumps out. So when two bounty hunters arrive in Minton Hill trailing the same outlaws, Sam agrees to ride with them. Trouble is, only a drunken gambler called Tinnis Lucas knows where the gang is holed up-a dead man's land called Black Valley.

It's the last chance for Jacob Gamble, Rough Rider, outlaw and man of a few principles. Nearing 50 and flat broke, Jacob bends his own rule about robbing trains. But by the time he reaches the payroll safe on a Rock Island train, he finds another thief there first with a bullet in his head. Jacob is caught holding the bag - and turned into hero. A broke hero. Shackled by unwanted fame, running from a life gone wrong, and raising the suspicions of...

Civil War veteran and former schoolmaster Sherman Dahl rides the Southwest as a gun for hire. Known by both the law and the lawless as "the Teacher," Dahl sells his services to those seeking justice, and he is relentless in his pursuit of wanted men. Chester "Big Chicago" Goines and his band of outlaws have been raising hell across Arizona, thieving and killing everything in their path. When he learns that Dahl is on his trail, Goines welcomes the...

Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack gets more than he bargains for when he tracks a gang of bandits to a badlands outpost called Wild Wind. Fresh off a big score, the thieves ride with notorious desperado Silva "the snake" Ceran and one of them, an outlaw beauty named Kitty Dellaros, happens to be his woman. The desert stinks with outlaws and scoundrels, and Ceran is recruiting cutthroat Comanche renegades to help him carry out the heist of his dreams. Now...

Outlaw Lawrence Grey is a notorious outlaw who has been captured in El Paso. Marshal Neilan has a proposal for Grey: Neilan will set Grey free from prison provided he attempts to locate John Ray. When last heard from' Ray was living in San Vicente' Mexico. But all the men previously sent by Neilan have either quit the job - or disappeared. Grey agrees to Neilans proposal' unaware of the intrigue and danger ahead.

"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..."-Cover.

When four drovers stumble upon the bloody aftermath of a stagecoach robbery, they discover a cache of money belonging to the most powerful man in the county. They decide to do the right thing and return the cash. But the outlaw responsible for the robbery is dead-set on getting back his money, and he has a stolen badge to hide behind. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack and his shotgun-toting partner Maria are determined to catch the outlaw.