Longarm digs up a blistering round of fossils, females, and two-fisted fury.

Longarm wrangles with some cattle rustlers in the heat of the desert! A pack of rustlers have made a recent habit of holding up trains coming through Rampart Valley and raiding their cattle shipments. And they’ve managed to confound everybody in the district by leaving behind not a single trace—of themselves or the stolen cows. Now it’s up to Longarm to ride into the Llano Caliente—the hottest, deadliest desert around—and figure out how a gang of thieves and the beef they stole have managed to vanish into thin air. The sooner he tracks ’em down the better—especially as he’s got a very pretty tomboy who promises to make his coming back in one piece worth his while.

Dead center of the Mojave Desert was not prime real estate. It was mighty peculiar that a Spanish Duchess had built herself a luxurious castle in that very place. ANd it was even more peculiar that the U.s. agents sent to investigate vanished without a trace. U.S. Marshal Long goes under cover to find some answers. Longarm's got a murder on his mind outlaws on his trail and a wildcat in his bed!

Longarm is sent to Utah to find out who is inciting the local Indians and discovers a land swindle and an army of hired guns after the price put on his head.

Longarm’s caught in a desert double cross… When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long trails a gang of murdering outlaws into the desert, the stinging sandstorms are worse than any hail of lead. Amazingly, after one storm blows over, Longarm finds himself in the middle of an abandoned town that was previously hidden under sand. Soon he discovers the town isn’t the only thing that was buried. A lovely lady with a treasure chest of her own has braved the elements to find some hidden loot. Funny thing about treasure, though—it draws hard cases like corpses draw buzzards. And as the town becomes repopulated with armed men, the sands of time may be running out for Longarm…

A missing artist and his voluptuous daughter plunge Longarm belt-buckle deep into danger.