Billy the Kid #11

Billy the Kid crosses paths with a dying man named Miguel, who entrusts him with a map to a legendary Spanish treasure—but warns that the gold carries a curse of death to all who touch it. When Billy escorts Miguel to Don Ricardo's rancho, he becomes embroiled in a tense search for the treasure's hidden location, where dangerous secrets and unexpected betrayals await behind the door of an ancient conquistador's vault.

Billy the Kid stumbles into a town celebration for a successful stagecoach run—only to discover that the next shipment of gold has been stolen in Falling Rock Canyon, and the driver was mysteriously drugged. Following a suspicious bartender into the canyon, Billy finds himself trapped in a scheme far more dangerous than a simple robbery, where his enemies are counting on the landscape itself to silence him for good.

A man from Illinois with a violent past, Joseph A. Slade finds his calling as a division agent for the Overland Stage Company, bringing order to the frontier routes—until his reputation for ruthlessness and erratic behavior when drunk begins to undermine the very company he's meant to serve. This biographical account tracks how a gifted operator's unchecked vices and cruelty eventually catch up with him in the rough justice of the Old West.

Billy the Kid races to stop a sabotaged stagecoach hurtling toward disaster, then uncovers a conspiracy deeper than he bargained for when a young boy goes missing. As Billy and the stage driver Curley work to rescue the child, they discover that railroad magnate Burt Finney has orchestrated a scheme far more cunning than anyone suspected—one that threatens to destroy them both.

John H. Holliday, a tubercular former dentist, turned gunslinger and gambler after his health forced him west, earning a fearsome reputation through duels in Dallas, Denver, and beyond. His reputation and quick draw eventually caught the attention of U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, leading to a pivotal moment in Dodge City when the two men faced down a gang of armed cowboys threatening the town. This biography traces how a college-educated physician became one of the frontier's most feared gunfighters.