Gaylord Riley sets up a cattle ranch bordering Dark Canyon, a tough stretch of country used by rustlers and desperate men when they are in trouble.

Tom Chantry came from the East to buy cattle and get them to the railroad. He was a peaceful man, but when a group of local outlaws mistook him for a victim, there was lead to pay.

"You men got a choice. Pull leather and die, or drop your guns. Makes no never mind to me." Callum Logan is a man of quick decision and execution. His fast gun has saved him on more than one occasion. Though hardened by the horrors of the Civil War, he gives each man a chance, unless they prove it's undeserved. Now, on his way to begin a new life in the Colorado West, Callum is eager to put the killing behind him. But while rescuing a family from...

"Adam Stark had found gold. In the confusion of the mesas and canyons near Rockinstraw Mountain, Stark, his wife, Consuelo, and his sister, Miriam, were quietly working a rich vein while keeping their presence a secret from raiding Apaches. Worried that his wife might leave him, Stark wanted to make enough money to take her to San Francisco, where she could enjoy the style of life she craved. But when Taggart, a stranger on the run from a vicious...