Unware that the vicious killer, Apache Kid, has escaped from jail, Frank Healy returns to his ranch one night, only to find his ranch hands murdered and his lovely wife, Nora, gone!

Four strangers rode into the town of Buffalo Wallow, shot up the town, and robbed the stage of $150,000 in currency. Suspected of being part of the outlaw gang, Casey Day, in charge of the way station, set out to prove his innocence.

"After a month of trying to outrun a revenge-crazed rancher whose brother he had shot in self-defense, Sam Court returns to his hometown to make his final stand. Besides the twenty men chasing him, he finds new enemies in town and very few friends"--

"He was only eighteen and not quite a deputy, but Jason's lawman instinct alerted him to the sound of gunfire ripping the early morning calm. Up the street a stranger, with a revolver in one hand and a gunnysack filled with stolen cash in the other, ran out from Satterfield's general store, a murderous look in his eye. Dropping down on the boardwalk, Jason drew his .36 Colt and fired at the retreating desperado, who continued his wild dash out of...

"Two short western novels about ranchers framed for murder by those who desire to take over their lands"--

In defending a young widow from attack, Mike Logan manages to shoot and kill her attacker, the youngest son of a powerful rancher. The old man vows revenge, the sheriff is powerless to help Mike, and it becomes a duel to the death between a fugitive Mike and the vengeful rancher and his four surviving sons.