Lewis B Patten

"He was only eighteen and not quite a deputy, but Jason's lawman instinct alerted him to the sound of gunfire ripping the early morning calm. Up the street a stranger with six guns ablaze and murder in his eyes ran out from Satterfield's general store, his sack bulging with stolen gold. Dropping on one knee and calling on the perpetrator to halt, Jason drew his .36 Colt and fired at the retreating desperado, who continued his wild dash out of town....

When a man returns to his hometown after serving time in prison, the residents have a terrible secret and have turned against him.

The homeward-bound pioneers do not know that five million dollars in contraband gold is hidden beneath the false floors of their Conestogas nor that their wagon master is a rebel officer.

On the way to Indian country, a buffalo hunter meets an abused wife he can't leave alone to be a victim of the indians or her angry husband.

Matt Hurst seeks justice when a sheriff's posse kills his father and brothers.