Two of Max Brand's stories are paired together in this volume.

In "Gunman's Bluff," Cheyenne was challenged to a shootout by Danny and Chuck Martin. He managed to kill Danny and wound Chuck, but before he could get away, Chuck got a shot off and hit Cheyenne in the shoulder. Now Doc Lindus has told him that it might be quite some time until he has use of his right hand again, so he'd better develop his left. With the Martins out for blood, how's Cheyenne to defend himself? In "Torridon," Paul Torridon was only...

After the Cheyenne slaughter his pioneer parents, a young boy has no choice but to live with those who orphaned him. Years later, once he learns what the white man have to offer, "Lost Wolf" is finally free to choose. But he has to fight for the right to claim his legacy.

A strange friendship between Sheriff Caradac and a bad man leads to a trail of high adventure, an amazing discovery, and a certain rancher's daughter.

When the Draytons offer their big red stallion to the man who can ride it and drifter Paradise Al takes up the challenge, the peace of the prairie and the future of Sheriff Drayton's daughter depend on the outcome.

Sandy was a gentle giant with the mind of a child but the brute strength of any ten cowhands on the rance--and the ability to tame the meanest outlaw horseflesh alive. He wouldn't hurt a fly--unless he was crossed. When his boss tricked Sandy and went back on his word, he knew he would have a deadly enemy when the giant found out. So he made a devil's bargain with the lowest outlaws in the county to get rid of Sandy first.

With the help of his good friend, Silvertip, Ben Trainor is determined to find his missing brother, even if they have to shoot their way past all the bushwackers in Alkali Valley!

Pierre Ryder has been forged by the sternest of frontier Jesuits for the hard life of a missionary priest in the frozen wastes of the Far North. Into this life of gentleness, a thunderbolt descends in the form of a letter from his father, long thought dead, who lies dying of a bullet wound. Ignoring the pleas of the good priests, Pierre rides at once to avenge his father, into a life and a country far from all he has ever known. When he meets Jackqueline...

A collection of three of the author's best novellas, restored to their original versions from his owntypescripts, includes "The Outlaw Crew," "The Coward," and "Slumber Mountain," in which a trapper fights for his life against a wolf pack.

In "The Gold King Turns His Back" young Miriam returns to her father's ranch determined to learn the business, but she discovers she has a lot to learn when she makes the statement that she will marry any man who can bring in Gold King, the wild mustang. In "The Three Crosses" a practical joke gets out of hand and turns an earnest cowboy into a hard-riding yahoo. "The Abandoned Outlaw" is a story about the life-long rivalry between two men and what...