Cheyenne Kid #40

The Cheyenne Kid rides to Mesa City to help his old friend Amos, only to discover that the ruthless banker foreclosing on the town's ranches is actually Arthur Brackett, a notorious Civil War guerilla leader everyone thought was dead. When Jim Cobb, a man who's hunted Brackett for three years after the killer destroyed his family, confronts the outlaw in the street, the Cheyenne Kid must decide whether to give a man seeking redemption a genuine chance—or stop him from repeating his deadly ways.

When a Sioux war party massacres a wagon train and takes a young woman captive, it sets in motion a four-year mystery that tests everything the soldiers at the fort believe about the people they've been fighting. Scout Jess Ives infiltrates the enemy camp to rescue Martha Valen, only to discover she's been living a life she doesn't want to leave behind—and that the bonds of love may be stronger than the divide between two worlds. This story examines the human cost of conflict and the power of choice in a way that "The Captive" earned its place in the annals of frontier history.

The Cheyenne Kid accepts a job as marshal of the peaceful town of Clintock from its aging founder, only to discover that the legendary gunman Dean Bellew has been hired as sheriff for the same job—and that Bellew's legendary speed is fading due to rheumatism. When they arrive in town to find Clintock murdered by the outlaw Korby gang, the two lawmen must decide whether to stay and face the killers or ride on, with Bellew haunted by the ghosts of eighteen men he's already faced in his gun-fast career.

Cheyenne Kid is hired to drive off the Gray Ghost, a scarred and cunning wild stallion that's been wreaking havoc on a rancher's prized herd, but as he tracks the magnificent animal across the range, he discovers there's far more to respect in the old warrior than he bargained for. When danger strikes from an unexpected quarter, the hunter and hunted find themselves in a situation that forces Cheyenne to question whether the job he was paid to do is one he can actually see through.