A penniless Russian baron has made his way west by putting his pedigreed killing practices to work, but in the eyes of the law, all men are equal, and Decker the bounty hunter is going to make sure the Baron faces American...
In the Spur Award-winning title story, a Pinkerton detective, a couple on the run, a wanted man, and a traveling salesman with mysterious wares all converge on the banks of Crucifixion River to take shelter from an impending...
Ty Butler came from Eastern wealth—but killers destroyed everyone who shared his name. Seeking a safe haven in the open West, he's found a home among the outlaws, tinhorns, and fugitives who gather at the gaming table. His skill at reading faces...
Lancaster’s been in some tough situations before, but this one has to be the worst: attacked by three men and left to die in the desert—no weapons, no water, no horse. Still, he refuses to die without exacting some kind of retribution. He finds...
Decker just barely manages to escape the noose for a crime he didn't commit, but his life is forever changed as he sets out on a vengeance trail to find the man who framed...
The sheriff of Epitaph, Texas, Dan Shaye was a hard but just defender of the law -- a devoted husband and father who kept the truth about his violent past from the townfolk he protected. But then the hardcase Ethan Langer gang galloped into town...
A Debt to the Dead
For Daniel Shaye and his boys, the law comes second, family first. So when a letter -- an urgent cry for help -- arrives from a woman who claims to be the mother of a child sired by Shaye's late son, Matthew, the...
Having lost a wife to violence and a son to retribution, onetime Texas sheriff Daniel Shaye has brought what remains of his shattered family -- two grown boys fiercely devoted to their father and justice -- to Vengeance Creek, Arizona. In a...