Ray Hogan

"In two western stories, two lone travelers have their plans change unexpectedly when they happen upon people in need of help"--

Adam Rait drifted after a fire took the lives of both his parents... and then the War Between the States came along and he had joined the Confederate cavalry. Three years later, he was a wounded captain in a Georgia hospital. Limping, frustrated, and haunted by the recollection of men who had died under his command, seemingly for no purpose, he wanted only one thing from the Army -- out. He drifted down to Huntsville, Texas, where he found a job as...

In "Ben Sutton's Law," a territorial marshal is summoned to Mexican Springs to intervene in the violence that has broken out between the cattle ranchers and the nesters. But Sutton's mission is to be kept secret, even from the local sheriff. "Land of Strangers" finds Frank Brokaw hopeful, as he rides into the Scattered Hills, that he is nearing the end of his search for Matt Slade and the proceeds from a bank robbery.

One More Hill to Hell concerns Dan Grimshaw who rides for Caine Pomeroy. Pomeroy s Kingpin Ranch is in the process of ruthless expansion. Melissa Olmstead an attractive widow has been holding out against Kingpin s eviction notice to her. Grimshaw at the risk of his own life breaks ranks and makes one last effort to get Melissa to give in. When again she refuses Grimshaw is confronted with a moral dilemma one that could put him in as much jeopardy...

Dan Ragan has a reputation as a gunman who won't go out of his way to avoid trouble. Years ago, a woman had chosen gambler Colby Strickland over Ragan, and when he learned that she was being brutalized, Ragan shot and killed Strickland. The law declared it self-defense, but that's not good enough for young Jody Strickland, who is determined to avenge his father's murder. Ragan knows that Jody is no match for him, so he's heading to the Mexican border...

Judge, jury and popular opinion held that Auralee Ford was guilty of murdering her husband. Only Jud Hunter was moved by her plea of innocence and he was determined to save her from the gallows and the vengeance of her powerful brother-in-law.