John Slocum never minded visiting houses of ill fame until he loses a pat hand in a poker game and finds himself paying by playing bouncer at the local brothel. A big rodeo's coming to town, and the place needs a hard man to take care of bad trouble. When a lady under his protection ends up dead, Slocum aims to guard his flock of soiled doves with one clean shot.

Hired by Casey O'Riley to get his wife and horses back, Slocum, while on the trail with O'Riley and a lovely senorita named Rosa, takes a stand against the no-good horse theives who have no idea who they are messing with.

"Owen Surret earned his living doing dirty jobs for dangerous men. Then he went into business for himself, looting his employers of their ill-gotten gains, before murdering a rancher and rustling cattle. Pursued by the outlaws he betrayed, Surret is pulling up stakes and needs some cowboys to drive his herd to safer ground. John Slocum has enough skills to join Surret's gang - but he'll only stay long enough to generate heat with a blacksmith's daughter...and...

He calls himself the Cockroach. Hated by the good and feared by the bad, this Mexican bandit's atrocities are downright ugly. Time to call in an exterminator-by the name of John Slocum

"John Slocum is having a fine time traveling across Indian Territory with a pocketful of poker winnings--until a pair of bushwhackers catches him off guard. When he comes to, the money is gone, along with his gun and his horse. But getting back what's his will pit Slocum against a gang of killers who don't care how they kill, as long as you end up dead..."--P. [4] of cover.