Blue Pete, in his role of undercover helper of the RCMP, once more sets out to bring justice and retribution to a group of bank-robbers who had held up a bank in Red Deer. Ring-leader of the bandits is Flying Cloud, an Indian with a forked tongue, who tries to outwit the half-breed on his trail and in doing so start a feud between two neighbouring camps. Mountain Stream, a wise chief, sees through Flying Cloud's game, and his friendship for Blue Pete remains unshaken. But Brown Tepee is won over by Flying Cloud's easy promises. He overcomes his fear of the long arm of the Mounties, and joins forces with Flying Cloud. But Blue Pete is more than a match for both of them. Time and again he foils their cunning moves to destroy him and his friends, and finally he is able to defeat them in the very moment of their triumph. Yet even Blue Pete has to learn afresh that he cannot accomplish all he sets out to do without help from Mira, the amazing white woman who married him and shares his wild, untamed life.

Blue Pete was not a rancher-with that Indian blood he had to have some excitement in his life. Inspector Barker makes Blue Pete and unofficial detective to do a task that the North-west Mounted Police cannot officially, lawfully, fulfill. This job takes Blue Pete west past Fitzhugh (Jasper, today), past the British Columbia border wherein the Mounties have no authority to work. Here Pete makes too many new 'friends', each of which may be a deadly enemy! Life in the end-of-steel village is exciting, even without his detective work!

The Story: In this exhilarating, fast-moving yarn, Blue Pete, against the express wish of Inspector Barker of the Royal Mounted Police, sets out to avenge the brutal murder of a rancher and his wife. Once again, relying on his ready wit and the lightning draw of his heavy six-shooter, he justifies his action and beats the murderers-but only after he has found himself in the most desperate situation of his chequered career. "Blue Pete," the critics agree, "is the most famous cowboy in fiction." His reckless, snap-shooting exploits have proved immensely popular in a score of thrilling novels. This new one is the equal of any.

Blue Pete, that most famous cowboy whose adventures have been recorded in a long line of thrilling novels, is here involved in a strange and dangerous mission on behalf of the Mounted Police. Alone he has to discover the secret of the insurrection which the mysterious OGreat ChiefO of the Indians is planning: alone he penetrates to the mountain stronghold of the rebellious Indians where capture would mean a slow and agonizing death. OLuke Allan, O says Truth, Ohas the technique of the Wild West at his fingertips.O This latest Blue Pete yarn of galloping hooves and gripping, snap-shooting action is one of his best.

Blue Pete was a half-breed from Montana. He moved to the Cypress Hills, near Medicine Hat, Alberta when things got to hot for him in the States. He had been a cattle rustler but once in Alberta he was warned by a young Mountie that he would be quickly arrested and punished if he did not follow Canadian laws. Blue Pete and his pinto pony, Whiskers, could choose their employer on any of the ranches of the west; they were the best team available, knowledgeable and hard working. Blue Pete found a good friend in Corporal Mahon, his young Mountie friend. And Mahon had his problems with criminals in the area, leading to Blue Pete's trials. This friendship, and Blue Pete's adventures lasted for about 25 novels. Blue Pete: Half Breed is the first of those adventures.

The story: When two hard-case characters rode in from the Badlands, Blue Pete smelt trouble a mile off. Nor was his instinct at fault. Outbreaks of rustling quickly followed the arrival of these men and suspicion turned to certainty when they made for the hills driving Blue Pete's own steers before them. Although a man of peaceful pursuits, Pete reckoned there were some things no man could do to him and get away with, and stealing his cattle was one of them. His half-breed blood afire, he followed in pursuit and plunged blindly into the trap which had been set for him. Quickly he realized that this was not just a rustler's ruse but an ingenious trap laid by an old enemy intent on levelling the score between them. Usually, in such circumstances, a man's only chance is to come out shooting, but this time it didn't work out quite like that. Truth says: "Blue Pete is the most popular of cowboy characters in fiction. . . . Mr. Allan has the technique of the Wild West at his finger-tips."

Blue Pete, the half-breed that now lives near Medicine Hat with his new wife Mira, needs some police work to keep him busy-he cannot rest; it is not in his nature. Inspector Barker of the North-west Mounted Police finally assigns the 'detective' a task that seems too close to Blue Pete's past life to be attractive to him. But Blue Pete has to accept the job-and has to complete his assigned task, even if he has to go back to his U. S. Badlands to complete it! (circ. 1910)