John Slocum collected a $7000 bounty on Teddy Cutler. But now he's spotted Teddy walking around Phoenix, Arizona, free as a bird--with no recollection of robbing four stagecoaches and killing three men. The law believes Teddy's been afflicted with amnesia, and Slocum's been given the job of keeping an eye on him to determine whether Teddy's condition makes him an innocent man, or if he's just playing possum.

"Playing cards with a whiskey trader in the wilds of Texas, John Slocum wins a white woman a bet. Until recently, she was a captive of the Comanche, and traumatized into silence. But after a little kindness on Slocum's part, she expresses her gratitude with physical enthusiasm that's louder than words. Her name is Juliana, and it turns out she's a victim of her husband's greed. Job Toby had his wife abducted, hoping she'd be declared dead so he could...

Slocum is recruited to hunt down "something" or someone that has mauled two men.

"Down on his luck in San Francisco, John Slocum takes a contract with the Central California Railroad. He's given the difficult task of locating a stolen shipment of silver worth over one hundred thousand dollars, but he catches a break when he discovers that the company's attractive secretary, Tamara, was an accomplice in the robbery. Too bad his employer would rather believe in the thief's feminine wiles than in Slocum's cold hard facts. Fuming...

"With buzzards circling in the sky, young Tom Garvin hopes his search for the lost cattle of the Bar M Ranch has not ended in vain. It turns out the carrion those birds are after isn't cows but the body of a man hanging from a dying tree with a very mysterious black rope around his neck. Impressed by the rope, Garvin decides to take it-along with the dead man's beautiful horse-back to the ranch where he works with John Slocum. And the two of them...

John Slocum never minded visiting houses of ill fame until he loses a pat hand in a poker game and finds himself paying by playing bouncer at the local brothel. A big rodeo's coming to town, and the place needs a hard man to take care of bad trouble. When a lady under his protection ends up dead, Slocum aims to guard his flock of soiled doves with one clean shot.

"Jake Slocum is already riding ragged when his horse needs tending, forcing him to stop in Sleepy Creek. He's being hunted by Goose Martin--a man with a bad reputation and a worse need to put Slocum down for good. But getting killed takes a second saddle when a young man approaches him with a notion that hits harder than any bullet: the notion that Slocum is his father."--p. [4] of cover.

John Slocum's just met the most dangerous outlaws in Tombstone, Arizona, and they don't carry guns. They're lawyers, subverting the letter of the law to swindle prospectors out of their rightful claims.

"Slocum needs to get out of Saint Joseph, Missouri, thanks to a money-grubbing sheriff who fines him every chance he gets. When newcomer Ed Warren is held up, Slocum shoots the would-be robber, only to be levied with yet another fine. But Slocum's luck turns after Ed offers him a job protecting a small wagon train hoping to strike it rich in the Colorado mines. Just before the Rockies, they are attacked by a group of otherworldly creatures that rise...