"In two western stories involving stagecoach hold-ups, men must make decisions that will determine their futures"--

"Eighteen-year-old Mark Kelton's parents are killed by an unknown assailant and the money they were carrying to buy a ranch in Eastern Oregon is stolen. Bronco Curtis befriends Mark, trains him to survive, and calls him his partner, but Mark is convinced that he won't be a man until he finds that murdering thief."--

"A reporter investigates the case of a young man who disappeared after killing the son of a powerful, unscrupulous rancher and soon finds himself part of the story"--

"In the title story, Murdo Morgan left Paradise Valley sixteen years ago, after his brothers had been killed at the hand of the Turkey Track outfit. One year later, his father died a broken and defeated man. Broad Clancy, owner of the Turkey Track, has remained the controlling force in this area of high desert in Oregon, considering all the land to be open range, including the six-mile strip on both sides of the old wagon road which belongs to Cascade...

When Jim Dunn, better known as the Kid, rode into his old hometown of Cairo, he figured he'd have to shoot fast. The folks there would most likely remember his saloon-wrecking sprees and hell-raising exploits. What the Kid 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 the Kid's girl, thought Jim could get the ranch back from the fast-drawing gang hired...