Cheyenne Kid #13

When the Cheyenne Kid stumbles upon rustler Jed Acklen rebranding stolen cattle, he finds himself drawn into a fight to save a woman's herd—two thousand head that represent everything Alice Lang has left after Acklen's raids. With forged papers in Acklen's hands and the Nebraska state line eighty miles away as their only real advantage, the Cheyenne Kid devises a bold plan to get the cattle moving east and keep them hidden from a ruthless opponent who won't go down without a fight.

When a rough land-grabber named Ham Lukas intimidates an old man into signing over his property, Texas Ranger Mickey Wells arrives and recognizes the scheme for what it is—extortion backed by stolen gold from a stage robbery. With the old man's grandson watching the ranger make the arrest, "The Planted Seed" shows how one act of lawful courage can inspire the next generation to take up the badge.

Walt Doyle returns to his hometown of Black Springs from back East to find his father—the editor of the town's only independent newspaper—beaten down by the ruthless Big Jim Kearns and his crooked gambling operation. After his father's death, Walt vows to keep the paper alive and expose Kearns' stranglehold on the town, even if it means learning to handle a gun and standing up to the man who controls everything. What unfolds is a battle between a determined young editor and a tyrant who won't tolerate any voice that challenges his rule.

In the silver-mining town of Silverlode, a ruthless gang of masked vigilantes has seized control, dispensing brutal justice without mercy—and the Cheyenne Kid finds himself in their crosshairs when he stands up for an innocent man. When a local safe is robbed, the Kid uncovers the truth: the thieves are closer than anyone thinks, and the vigilantes themselves may be working with those they claim to hunt. The Cheyenne Kid must outthink a faceless enemy to expose the corruption rotting the town from within.