Texas Rangers in Action #16

Ranger Jim Kingman arrives in town to arrest Duke Elton for a land swindle, but Elton's quick thinking turns the townsfolk against him, forcing Kingman to flee and regroup. Realizing the doctor holds the key to exposing Elton's lies, Kingman returns to confront the outlaw and his gang in their saloon stronghold.

Ranger Leo Shanz and Rand Beeman set a trap for a gang of outlaws meeting near Blanca, but when the ambush goes wrong and Shanz is shot, Beeman must hunt down who really fired the gun—suspecting the culprit may be someone in town they thought they could trust. As tension and danger close in, Beeman pieces together a web of corruption that runs deeper than anyone realized, leading him to a final confrontation with a man who's been pulling strings from the shadows.

An old prospector named Pete Bryson prepares to leave the mountains with his hard-earned gold, but a desperate gunman arrives demanding to know where the treasure is hidden. Tied up and facing interrogation, Pete must find a way to escape before the bandit returns—with unexpected help from an unlikely companion.

Slim Anson, now a Texas Ranger, returns to serve a warrant on Bill Calder—the man he's sworn to protect after a childhood incident that cost him nearly his life. Torn between his duty as a lawman and a deathbed promise made to his mother, Slim must confront both his past and the bully who's haunted him for twenty years. A conversation with his uncle changes everything, forcing the ranger to decide whether honor means keeping a promise his mother never intended to bind him to forever.