Texas Rangers in Action #29

When five outlaw Bartletts flee into the snow-choked Rocky Mountains after a bank heist in Saginaw Gulch, they vanish without a trace—until a month later, a half-breed survivor named Modoc stumbles out of the peaks, his body covered in terrible wounds and his mind shattered. Before he dies, Modoc's fractured account of what stalked them in the mountain darkness becomes a mystery that may never be solved, leaving only bones scattered across the snow and more questions than answers.

In 1874, Captain Lee H. McNelly of the Texas Rangers accepts a daring mission from Governor Coke to stop the notorious bandit Juan Cortina—known as "Cheno"—who commands a force of 5,000 men and has been raiding across the Texas border with impunity. With only 49 rangers under his command, McNelly leads his company across the Rio Grande under cover of darkness to confront the bandit army in the Mexican town of Los Cuevos. When the rangers open fire with the element of surprise on their side, the bandits scramble in confusion as McNelly's audacious gambit unfolds.

Young Texas Ranger Clint Wayne draws what seems like an easy first assignment: escorting a prisoner named Nan Carlin to trial—until the long ride tests his judgment and resolve in ways he never expected. When danger and emotion collide on the trail, Clint must decide what it truly means to wear the ranger badge.

Ranger Ross Denton tracks the notorious outlaw Wolf Mackay to a remote ranch after a daring bank robbery, only to find himself forced into an impossible bargain when Mackay takes hostages. Unarmed and playing by the outlaw's rules, Ross must retrieve the stolen loot—but Wolf's ruthless nature soon reveals the true cost of his promises. This tense five-pager explores what happens when a lawman must operate outside the law to save innocent lives.

Zip Kreuger pulls off a daring bank heist with two accomplices, but when one gets caught and the other proves expendable, he double-crosses them both and makes a run for the border with the stolen cash and a clear path ahead. What he doesn't count on is that desperate men on both sides of the law want that money just as badly as he does, and in the lawless badlands between him and freedom, greed might prove to be his undoing.