Death Valley #5

In "Blood-Red Trail," Scarface Jack teams up with the sharp-eyed young Nora Hale in a dangerous game of deception across the dusty frontier. As they work the saloons and lure in marks with Nora’s charm, their partnership begins to fray when she finds herself drawn to one of their targets—threatening to unravel everything they’ve built.

In a gold-rush town where fortunes can be made overnight, a scarred drifter named Jack Bullard partners with the beautiful Nora Hale to pull off a series of robberies targeting miners and travelers. Their partnership turns deadly as they grow bolder and greedier, but their scheme catches the attention of those who won't let their crimes go unpunished.

When Sheriff Al Henderson announces his retirement, his son Bill—one of two deputy candidates—is devastated to learn that Frank Pierce has been chosen as the next sheriff, seemingly because of Bill's reckless heroism during an earlier rescue. But when the Wallace gang attacks the Silver Slipper saloon and wounds the sheriff, Bill must decide whether cautious judgment or bold action will serve the town best. As the showdown unfolds, Bill discovers that being the right person for the job might require more than his father ever expected.

Red Hathaway, a skilled tree-topper for the Weyman Lumber Company, earns the bitter hatred of Mike Stone when he defends young Terry Collins from the bully's violence. As Mike spreads rumors and schemes to isolate Red among the loggers, Red refuses to be drawn into a fight—until a moment of reckless danger forces their rivalry to a breaking point in the towering Douglas fir forests of the Pacific Northwest. The two men's feud plays out amid the thunder of falling timber and the clash of wills, with only one path left between them.