Jesse James #20

When Jesse James and his gang strike the National Bank of Helltown, they find themselves caught in an ambush—but their escape leads them to discover a far greater injustice: a heartless businessman named Hiram Skinner has cheated a widow named Nancy Birdsall out of her farm by stealing money she'd paid him and tearing up the receipt. Jesse sets out to turn the tables on Skinner with a scheme as clever as it is ruthless, using the outlaw's own reputation as a weapon to protect the woman Skinner meant to destroy.

Chief Victorio has rallied Apache warriors from across the Southwest and declared war on white settlers in Arizona, launching devastating raids from his canyon stronghold—but the U.S. Army has learned of his threat and mobilizes three cavalry detachments to surround and destroy him. As soldiers close in from north, south, and east, Victorio prepares to make his last stand, knowing his fortress may be the only place left to fight.

Driven from U.S. territory toward Mexico with his surviving warriors, Chief Victorio stages a daring raid on a Santa Fe caravan for horses, then sets a brutal trap for pursuing Mexican soldiers—but his actions draw the full fury of Colonel Carlos and five hundred troops determined to end the Apache leader's reign. Cornered in a blind canyon with no escape route and vastly outnumbered, Victorio faces his ultimate reckoning in the wilderness he once commanded.

Scout Kit West must guide a skeptical wagon train through dangerous Indian territory—but the settlers won't heed her warnings until a midnight attack proves her right. With the group's fate hanging in the balance and some of their own taken captive, Kit sets out to rescue them and show these stubborn pioneers what a real frontier scout can do.