Straight Arrow #35

When hardened outlaws seeking revenge on Steve Adams kidnap the Comanche war chief's beloved companion, Straight Arrow faces an impossible choice: kill the man he knows as a friend, or watch her die. As the chief sets out to stop the criminals before they strike again, he must navigate a dangerous web of deception to save both the innocent and justice itself.

When a young Comanche boy named Tioga is sent to a frontier schoolhouse to learn the ways of white settlers, he struggles to see the value in book-learning over the wilderness skills he already masters—until kidnappers snatch him along with two other students, and Tioga must use every ounce of cunning and courage to leave a trail only Straight Arrow can follow. With his wits and unwavering loyalty tested in the mountains, the stubborn student discovers that the knowledge he resisted might be exactly what saves them all.

When a card cheat named Doc Mason spills a dangerous secret to save his life, he sets in motion a plan to eliminate Frank Bradley—the legendary gunfighter whose reputation is the only thing protecting the nesters from ruthless cattle baron Jud Hail. Bradley's problem: a bullet wound from four years back has crippled his draw hand, and he's forced to accept a "date with death" to save his people, even as Straight Arrow finds himself powerless to stop the tragedy unfolding before him. What unfolds is a tense race against time as Bradley rides toward his final confrontation, unaware that fate—and the Comanche warrior—have other plans.