When exiled bank robber Moses Kane arrives in Haven''s Hangdog Saloon, he is with deadly gunslingers and wanting revenge. Old-timer Gannon smells trouble, Flint is concerned for Gannon, Baxter wants his money, and the Sioux Long Arrow wants Kane.'

Fast-paced history-cum-memoir about rock climbing in the wild-and-wooly ’80s Highlights ground-breaking achievements from the era Hangdog Days vividly chronicles the era when rock climbing exploded in popularity, attracting a new generation of talented climbers eager to reach new heights via harder routes and faster ascents. This contentious, often entertaining period gave rise to sport climbing, climbing gyms, and competitive climbing--indelibly transforming the sport. Jeff Smoot was one of those brash young climbers, and here he traces the development of traditional climbing “rules,” enforced first through peer pressure, then later through intimidation and sabotage. In the late ’70s, several climbers began introducing new tactics including “hangdogging,” hanging on gear to practice moves, that the old guard considered cheating. As more climbers broke ranks with traditional style, the new gymnastic approach pushed the limits of climbing from 5.12 to 5.13. When French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout ascended To Bolt or Not to Be, 5.14a, at Smith Rock in 1986, he cracked a barrier many people had considered impenetrable. In his lively, fast-paced history enriched with insightful firsthand experience, Smoot focuses on the climbing achievements of three of the era’s superstars: John Bachar, Todd Skinner, and Alan Watts, while not neglecting the likes of Ray Jardine, Lynn Hill, Mark Hudon, Tony Yaniro, and Peter Croft. He deftly brings to life the characters and events of this raucous, revolutionary time in rock climbing, exploring, as he says, “what happened and why it mattered, not only to me but to the people involved and those who have followed.”

When Kid Kantrell trails a cold-blooded killer from Indian Territory to the Texas Panhandle, he finds himself caught up in a bloody battle over a fertile valley.

When Daniel Sagger flees from his home, leaving his wife with her throat cut, his son Will can reach but one conclusion: his father was a callous murderer. But this was a crime so horrific it beggared belief, and when Will rides into town to talk to his friends, he discovers an ever-thickening web of intrigue. Why have men from Hole in the Wall been talking to his father? Who is the mysterious Amos Killin who has been plying his father with drink? What part do Beebob Hawkins and Texas Dean play in the mystery? Knowing that he must ride to Hole in the Wall to discover what lies buried in his father's past, Will Sagger heads out with gunsmith Jake Cree and Deputy Slim Gillo. They are destined to ride through hell and to face desperate outlaws in a blazing, bloody climax.

When a planned bank robbery in Drystone City results in the death of the owner's wife, Cage turns his back on lawlessness and heads home. But when he arrives in the border town of Nathan's Ford, he has been followed by his nemesis and rides into tragedy. With his family's ranch burned to the ground, and his parents and brother murdered by Mexican rustlers, Cage - aided by childhood friend Velvet Goodwine and reluctant bank owner Milton Guthrie - sets off in pursuit of the killers. A confrontation with the rustlers leads to the unmasking of the man behind the deaths, and a bloody finale which leaves Cage fighting desperately for his life, and the lives of the only friends he has left.

When ex-outlaw Bobbie Lee sees a rider approaching Beattie's Halt he know it means trouble. Hours later his innocent son is gunned down in the saloon and three more hard-bitten strangers have joined the gunman called Van Gelderen. But who are they? Two days later a second young man dies and the strangers leave town. But murder cannot go unpunished. Bobbie Lee, Will Blunt and his daughter, Cassie, pick up the trail outside Beattie's Halt. In the scorching heat of the desert old feuds are settled in a six-gun blaze.