Todhunter Ballard
West of Quarantine

The hard crack of a rifle shattered the stillness of the hills, the bullet ricocheting off a rock near Bruce Powell's head. 'Ride back!' yelled Que
Layton. 'I've got fifty guns covering you!' If he rode back, it would mean ruin for himself, his brother, and the end of a dream to make Dexter Springs a cattle shipping center. Major Bruce Powell made no effort to hurry his draw. He saw the man sway, take a step forward and then lurch down onto his face. That should have been the end, except that men poured out the hotel porch, ready to take up the dead man's battle.

Jackson Cole  
Texas Manhunt

Jim Hatfield's right hand moved with rattlesnake swiftness. Morales' hand moved also. The two guns boomed together. For a moment there was a deathly silence. Then Hatfield's tall form crumpled forwards and crashed to the floor. "Great God!" the crowd shouted. "Morales shaded the Lone Wolf!" For the first time in his career, Ranger Jim Hatfield was up against a killer who could out-gun him. And against these odds began the deadliest manhunt in Texas history!

Bryce Bradford had killed a friend of the powerful men of Buffalo Run, yet they made him sheriff. Why? The attractive mystery woman who was half owner of the saloon had a beckoning eye for him. What was her game? And the gunslingers who trailed him - what were they after? The answers were hidden in his past - and Bryce had to find them before hot lead found him!