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.

"Trace Gundy had left the Apache tribe that raised him to join the white man's world-but he hadn't forgotten the lessons he learned as a boy. Lessons in rebellion, hatred ... and survival. Now, he's lost his wife to a gang of brutal killers. He intends to track down the men who did it and take his revenge, even if it takes the rest of his life. Because he cannot forget murder either-nor forgive it ..."--BOOK COVER.

After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on his former outlaw savvy to track the murderer down. As the manhunt drifts mysteriously toward a legendary wilderness landmark known as the Mount of Snowy Cross, it embroils a number of men and women whose lives it will change...

Retired lawman Ben Stillman helps an old friend's son seek justice for the murder of his father.

Ever since Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart lost his father to ruthless J.T. Priest, he's hoped to find the outlaw and bring him down. Then hanging judge Isaac Parker sends Hart and his partner, Twojack Roth, to break up Priest's infamous gang, Los Pistoleros, and he is only too willing to fulfill his duty.

Parishoners find a diary in their church cornerstone that chronicles the travels of a woman and her family as they travelled westward in a wagon train during 1860.

Longing for a place to settle down, Frank Morgan chooses a remote corner of untamed Northern California only to learn that a man who is his exact lookalike has been terrorizing the local population.

This collection of short stories showcases Steve Frazee's ability to cover many different themes while capturing the American West with impeccable historical accuracy. In the title story, he blends elements of a gripping horror story within a Western setting. Because of rustling, ranchers have taken to posting a night guard at Big Ghost Basin. These guards are being killed - and evidence points to a gigantic beast whose tracks match no known animal,...