Tim Holt #16

When Cliff Parker arrives in town with a mysterious piece of parchment—a map to what he believes is the lost treasure of Coronado—desperate men stop at nothing to claim it for themselves. Tim Holt and his friend Chito find themselves drawn into the dangerous pursuit when the map lands in Tim's possession, and they pledge to help the young cowhand reach the treasure before the ruthless gang on their trail catches up. As the three venture deep into the Arizona wilderness toward Ghost Mountain, Tim must stay one step ahead of both the outlaws and the deadly dangers that guard the treasure itself.

Tim Holt discovers that peaceful Kiowas led by Chul-Le-Lillo are being falsely accused of cattle rustling—the real culprits are white men disguised as warriors to frame the tribe and provoke a cavalry assault. Racing to expose the truth before Colonel Bradshaw's Fifth Cavalry can destroy an innocent people, Tim must outrun bullets, evade ambush, and prove Chul-Le-Lillo's innocence before it's too late.

Federal Marshal Rex Fury stumbles upon a fortune in blue clay while crossing the desert, but before he can claim it, three gun-slicks try to gun him down—forcing him to become the Ghost Rider and retreat to an abandoned ghost town. When Stella Larsen, the new owner of property in that very town, arrives to claim her inheritance, the outlaws see their chance to eliminate her and steal the mineral-rich land for themselves. The Ghost Rider must use his spectral tricks and cunning to protect her claim and bring the would-be killers to justice.

When mysterious gunmen seem to vanish into thin air after ambushing stage routes in Eagle Valley, Tim Holt and his sidekick Chito find themselves on the trail of a baffling mystery—especially after the outlaws rob Tim of fifty thousand dollars meant for his neighbors. With nothing but vanishing hoofprints and the cryptic words of Pop Gentry to guide them, Tim devises an ingenious plan to track the impossible: following golden eagles to discover where these "sky riders" truly disappear.