Return of the Outlaw #1

When land-grabber Bart Barton's schemes threaten the homes of honest farmers across Clay County, a young gunslinger returns to protect his own family—only to discover his old friend is the villain orchestrating the theft. As Billy takes a job with Barton's outfit, he'll have to choose between loyalty to a soldier buddy and standing up for the defenseless folks being driven off their land.

When terror grips Red Mesa Valley at the hands of a ruthless rustler named Beef Brent, Billy the Kid drifts into town and immediately crosses guns with Brent's hired killers—earning the gratitude of the local ranchers but also the attention of a man who deals in blood money and temptation. Now the Kid must navigate between an outlaw's code of honor and the dangerous offers of a man who sees potential in anyone fast enough to survive.

An ambitious deputy named Al Mooney seizes the chance to capture Billy the Kid when the notorious outlaw is spotted in town—but the Kid escapes with a hidden gun, wounding the sheriff and leaving Mooney in hot pursuit with a score to settle. Cornered at a farmstead with just one bullet left in his gun, Billy faces an impossible choice that forces him to reveal something the deputy never expected to find in an outlaw's heart.