Cowboy Western Heroes #47

A man fresh from prison finds himself swept into a ruthless scheme when Boss Macreedy forces gunslinger Rand McLeod into taking over the small ranches around Pecos, whether their owners sell or not. Marshal Rip Ryan must rally the frightened townspeople and face down McLeod's deadly crew before Macreedy's land grab consumes everything in its path.

Tod Gault made a deathbed promise to raise his friend's son into an honest man, but twenty years later, Travis Larkin has become a drifter drawn to gunfighting and the outlaw trail instead. When Tod confronts the Utah Kid over Travis's future, a bullet finds its mark—and Tod realizes the boy he pledged to guide has chosen "The Way of a Killer."

Two gun-slinging partners—Lon Dugan and Buck Winters—go their separate ways after a botched stagecoach robbery leaves Winters wounded and facing ten years in prison, while Dugan uses the stolen loot to set up a crooked gambling casino in Dry River. When Winters breaks out and drifts back into town, the pieces are set for a reckoning neither man saw coming. It's a tale of betrayal, revenge, and the frontier justice that catches up with those who live by the gun.

When a prospector is found murdered in the Sierra Foothills, the townspeople are quick to blame the Apache—but the Marshal suspects otherwise, particularly when a valuable gold strike enters the equation. To uncover the real killer before an innocent nation is wrongly accused, he sets a clever trap at the poker table, using Jim and a rigged game to corner the true culprit, Ed Martin.

When the Cranford family is murdered, the town of Lone Pine is ready to wage war against the Muraki tribe—but a stranger named Sam Revere suspects the truth isn't what it seems. Riding to the Muraki camp to investigate, Revere uncovers a conspiracy that could spark a bloodbath based on a lie, and he'll need to expose the real killers before vengeance destroys an innocent people.