Slocum stops a dirty railroad gang dead in their tracks... The Big Three are running a railroad on stolen money. Slocum's money. Plus one of their bunch has made a widow out of the best looking woman in town. She wants her husband's killer so bad she's sworn to give herself to the man who kills him. For Slocum, putting a bullet in the backshooting polecat would be a pleasure. So would collecting the reward.

Slocum stumbles into a deadly family feud… Along the seamy San Francisco waterfront, Slocum is on the hunt for Michael Porges, whose wealthy father wants the young man found and herded back home. But when he rescues his quarry from being shanghaied, only to stand helpless as the youth is gutshot, Slocum figures that there is much more to this than just a father-son tiff. From Michael’s domineering father and dangerously deceptive wife, to his sweetly seductive sister, this family has a barrel full of secrets covered by a blanket of lies. And now, Slocum will learn more about them than he ever wanted to—if he lives long enough to find out the truth…

Slocum goes up against the biggest, baddest cattle baron in the territory... John Chisum, a ruthless cattleman, is aiming to run off anyone in the way of his new project—blocking the local water supply and forcing everyone to buy their water from him. Slocum is about to remind the cattle king that blood is thicker than water—even if he has to spill some of Chisum's to prove it.

Outlaws are arming the Apaches—and Slocum's the target! Apache uprisings are forcing local homesteaders to abandon their land. And a group of outlaws plans to sell them a lot more firepower. But Slocum's prepared to defuse the situation before the frontier explodes...

A kidnapped woman has Slocum crossing the border into a lawless land. Slocum's got a thirst for whiskey—and justice—as he takes up a search for a saloon matron's kidnapped sister. He's armed with money to pay for the captive, but something tells him that cold cash may have to be backed up by hot lead.