"With death running wild across the rugged Wyoming hills, one of New York City's most successful publications sends its Wild West correspondent to get the story of the killer known as the Jack of Justice, who is leaving a trail of calling cards and bodies across the territory. But the story is not what it appears to Crayne, a writer who battles the demons within and the rules of his trade as well as his editors. As Crayne delves into the mystery of...

When Wes Bracken enters the Ruidoso Valley in 1873 for a fresh start raising horses with his alcoholic older brother, he finds himself ensnared in the crooked dealings of Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory. With saddle tramp Jace Cousins and the young newly-widowed mother Sarafina Zamora as steadfast allies, Bracken stands tall against lawlessness, whether corralling horse thieves, expelling the racist Horrell brothers, or challenging political...

Young Daniel Boone Trewick, caught with a young woman, flees Missouri believing he has killed the girl's father in a fight. He joins a freighting outfit on the Santa Fe Trail, and in Taos he meets Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith and is invited to join an expedition to California to steal horses and mules. Meanwhile in California, Juan Medina, a young vaquero in trouble for consorting with the ranch owner's daughter, is framed and jailed. After the ladrones...

Features seventeen new stories for historical fiction fans. These stories capture the spirit of freedom and individualism in the evolving 19th century American frontier. They are organized by time frame for a panoramic view of pioneers who faced life-changing challenges in settings that are in stark contrast to civilized society. Ranging from high-action traditional Westerns to introspective historical dramas set in the American West.