The American frontier had its lawlessness and gunfighting but it also had its ambitious men and women. Violence was a background for the founding of fortunes as well as for the rampant bloodlettings. This is the story of John Brian, tough and unyielding. No one was going to stop him...that is, until he met Christina Paisley.

Seward City was in roughshod, chaotic Dakota Territory. The day he arrived by stage, Jud Parker looked impressive, physically a big man, dressed in the best clothing with a tall silk hat. Despite appearances, however, in his pocket he had less than one hundred dollars. Renting a dingy room for ten dollars a week seemed like a fortune to Jud. Yet there was a restlessness here that Jud had noticed imbued the entire countryside. Banker Heber Caldwell...

Ward Cutler rode Southward to the town of Shenandoah, where his widowed sister lived. It was a letter from her that had brought him. She had given a man named Henry Gore her savings, but he had responded by striking her. And now Ward was looking for Gore and more.

Geronimo was beaten into submission. Mangus Coloradas surrendered. Even great Old Cochise was humbled. Only one Apache Indian fought an all-out war with the new owners of Apacheria, the Americans, a novel based on the life of the little known Apache Kid.

Ashe Colby, an Arizona Ranger, poses as bank robber in order to uncover a huge gang of counterfeiters, but soon finds himself a prisoner of the gang

Open range men are freegrazing cattlemen--those who don't own land, but drive their stock through the country to graze. Times are changing and Boss Spearman knows it, but he won't be intimidated or scared off by cattle baron Denton Baxter.