While Bill Gregg stole Ronicky Doone's bay mare, Doone thanked him with a bullet in the leg. When he discovered that Bill was desperately searching for a girl whose name he didn't know, Ronicky's interest was captured. Helping him track the girl down was no real challenge for Ronicky, but rescuing her from the evil New Yorker who held her prisoner might be another matter. But Ronicky Doone never backed down from a challenge!

The kid they called the Sleeper was a tramp. He was content with a life of drifting from place to place. But all that changed when he heard about a legendary gun with twenty notches--a gun that never missed. Sleeper had to own that gun. What Sleeper didn't realize is that the twenty-notch gun was a weapon that could never be owned. A gun like that would own him. The life he cherished would disappear, and Sleeper himself would be a changed man forever....

Sixteen in Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to 'make his stake for a ranch.' Joe finds being on his own difficult as he reflects 'Sixteen is a bad age for a boy. It is too full of growing and not enough full of strength.' Joe's coming of age story in Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890's is an intertwining backdrop to the conflict between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont.

Carrick Dunmore is capable, but lazy. He prefers to spend his time drinking, juggling knives, and generally having a good time. However, when his friends encourage him to ride a wild bronco in the local rodeo, he ends up with the horse, the prize money, and his life forever changed.

Raisin Hell is a profitable crop! said the man with the shotgun, and Templar was beginning to believe him. The sheriff offered Templar $50 a week; the saloon owner offered him $75. Templar had gotten drunk, and laid out almost every able bodied man in tow. But there was one more offer to come. A very rich man would pay him $5000 for one month's service as a bodyguard. When Templar gasped at the price, the rich man looked at him earnestly and said,...