In The Outlaw Breed, sheriff Brad Tantrall's father and uncles were all infamous train robbers, and his brother is serving time for murder, making Brad's job as a lawman all the more dangerous. In Bitter Valley, Matt Donnigan returns from serving time for a crime he didn't commit to find his partner has been murdered and his ranch devastated. Bullets to the Pecos follows thieving and treachery on a cattle drive from Texas to Colorado. The title story has Dave Calhoun going after Grady Smith, the cattle thief who lied about him at trial. He plans to get to the truth no matter what.