In the Spur Award-winning title story, a Pinkerton detective, a couple on the run, a wanted man, and a traveling salesman with mysterious wares all converge on the banks of Crucifixion River to take shelter from an impending...
1907. The book begins: The ring around the sun had thickened all day long, and the turquoise blue of the Arizona sky had filmed. Storms in the dry countries are infrequent, but heavy; and this surely meant storm. We had ridden since sunup over...
On a cold spring day in 1880, fifteen American cowboys sail into Vladivostock with a herd of 500 cattle for delivery to a famine stricken town deep in Siberia. Assigned to accompany them is a band of Cossacks, Russia’s elite horsemen and warriors....
Chasing a slick convict through the desert heat has Longarm mighty tired. Tired enough to rest a spell in tiny Overland Stage. He has to admit it has all the amenities--a cool bath, cheap rum, and a beautiful woman. In fact, Longarm suspects that...