ALEC THE GREAT: Set in Alaska during the gold rush days of the 1890s, the background of the bitter enmity that destroyed the once great friendship between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmot is explained. (The events preceding the clash of these two titans for possession of a most extraordinary and powerful dog are told by young Joe May in Sixteen in Nome.) RIDING INTO PERIL: Kantwell Irving Dangerfield, commonly known as the Kid, is thrown in jail on a...

This western trio opens with "Carcajou's Trail". John Banner, nicknamed for a ferocious beast, is hired to protect two men being led by a blind man to a rich cache of gold. "Seńor Billy" Jeffers is admired by Mexicans but rejected by Anne Calhoun, who favors Dixie Trimble. Sworn not to hurt the cowardly Dixie, Bill sets out instead to make him a hero. And in the title story John Cameron, who is part Indian, faces prejudice when he tries to avenge...

An exciting collection of three short novels from the master of Western fiction includes "Sheriff Larrabee's Prisoner," in which a rugged lawman must track a murder suspect even though his daughter believes that the suspect is innocent.

The Duster, whose whole life has been one long game with the law, has decided to settle down and go straight. But when a stagecoach is held up, people wonder if it is the work of the slim young gunman. Then the Duster has to decide between a path that will take him back to Marguerite, his love, or the other, which will send him back on an outlaw's trail.

Determined to keep his son safe from the tragic fate of his ancestors, Jeremy Crossett heads West with young Danny to find a carefree existence.