At twenty-three, Catlow is wanted for murder and cattle theft. His best friend is a U.S. Deputy Marshall duty bound to take him in.

Friends who fought together in the Civil War find themselves on different sides of the law as a sheriff and his son track down their former comrade who now leads a notorious gang of outlaws.

A seventeen-year-old boy trails three men who have taken his father's money.

Dan Killoe had a trail herd and a mess of settlers to get across unknown territory to a new land. Along the way he gave shelter to a stranger hunted by the scar-faced leader of the renegade Comancheros. This time he was borrowing more trouble than he wanted.

Tough, lusty Catlow is fast on the draw and even faster when it comes to making a dollar. He's also a wanted man. The Mexican Army is after him. So is his hellcat girlfriend, an Indian war party, a vengeful killer and several hotheaded cowpokes from Catlow's outlaw gang. With enemies like these, it's a good thing Marshal Ben Cowan is around. The marshal is Catlow's best friend, and he'd ride through rattlesnakes to rescue his besieged buddy. Because...

"It began with gold that had once belonged to Montezuma. Stolen and cached in a church in Mexico, it was recovered by two army officers who fled north for the French settlements. Along the way one stabbed the other to death. The remaining officer was eventually killed by Plains Indians, but he buried the treasure just before he died. Now Ronan Chantry, a handful of trappers, and an Irish girl whose father was killed after telling her a few vague landmarks...

One of Billy The Kid's oldest friends is now a sheriff and has vowed to hunt him down.