Outlaws #9

Near Graham, Texas in 1887, Boone Marlow surrenders to law officers—but his troubles are just beginning when Sheriff Wallace arrives to haul him in for shooting a man named Holdson, sparking a violent confrontation that leaves the lawman badly wounded. On the run with a price on his head, Marlow falls in with a gang of bank robbers, only to discover that his reckless nature and bad luck might be the jinx that dooms them all.

A long-simmering feud between the Crane and Lowry families ignites into violence when Slim Crane is accused of murdering Ted Lowry—but a chance discovery in a hidden cave suggests the real killer may be someone else entirely. With a loyal dog and the help of Margie Lowry by his side, Slim must find proof of his innocence before the entire county hunts him down.

Tom Appleton thinks shooting is a man's job—until Jean Thomas, the neighboring rancher's daughter, insists on learning. When a mountain lion begins stalking the flock, Tom sets out alone to track and kill the beast, but Jean has other plans. As Tom faces down the wounded big cat with a jammed rifle, Jean must decide whether to stay behind or trust the skills he taught her.

John Sutter and James Marshall form a partnership to build a sawmill along the American River in 1848, but their enterprise takes an unexpected turn when Marshall spots peculiar yellow metal in the millrace. When the two men confirm their discovery is genuine gold, they attempt to keep it secret—but word spreads faster than they can contain it, igniting a massive rush of fortune seekers that transforms the region forever.

In the remote mountains of Chile, an American mining company returns to the abandoned Lancaster emerald mine hoping to strike green gold, but Bandit Chief Barento has other plans—he's been mining the mountain himself to fund his outlaw operation. As Loder and his team, including assistant Tom Tavers, brave repeated attacks and sabotage to uncover a fresh vein of emeralds, they'll find that the real battle isn't just against Barento's guns, but against the dangerous secrets hidden in the mountain itself.