It is up to John Henry Cole to investigate the deaths of three young women in the new mining camp of Deadwood.

"The Loner sets out for another bloody showdown with the outlaws responsible for his wife's violent and senseless murder--and discovers his true enemy was far closer than he thought"--Cover verso.

Jim Cleve has been deemed, ""a good guy"" all of his life and it agitates him to no end. Even his girlfriend, Joan Randle has scorned him for this ""weakness"" shouting, ""You haven't it in you even to be BAD!"" Dejected and hurt, Jim abandons the life he has known for the gold mining camps along Alder Gulch in southern Montana. It is here, among the thieves and murderers, that he must make a new name for himself. Meanwhile, Joan realizes the danger...

"It's the summer of 1880, and potential investment in Leadville's silver mines has brought former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant to this city at the top of the Rockies. But others in his retinue and in town have different agendas. Political aspirations fuel the dreams of young John Quincy Adams Wesley and his mother, while itinerant fire insurance mapmaker Cecil Farnesworth struggles against the seductive call of Leadville's red-light...

Forty guns west: Preacher is wrongly accused of murdering wealthy landowner Elam Parks during a trip back east for a family reunion, and bounty hunters are out for the $5,000 reward. Preacher's peace: Doubled-crossed, abandoned, and half-dead from a grizzly attack, Preacher is left to rely on his wits after killing a Blackfoot chief.

Sheriff Ben Stillman has enough of a hard time keeping the peace in the town of Clantick without having to worrry abbout the likes of Matt Parrish.  Since his father died, Matt has been responsible for the Circle P Ranch in the Two-Bear Mountains-and his notheaded streak has been responsible for a lot of trouble with other ranchers...including his future father-in-law, Tom Suthern.

Captain Gus Rodgers of the Texas Rangers is dying—and before he goes, he needs Jim's help to free his grandson from a Mexican prison. Trouble is, the Federale general holding him wants the head of the boy's brother, Billy, who has already confessed to murdering the general's daughter. Gus believes Billy deserves to die. The old ranger's just worried he won't live long enough to do the deed—which is where Jim Glass comes in. Gus's wild grandsons...