"When big Dave Reagan, whom everyone thinks of as a half-wit, saves Gray Cloud's life, the two become attached. Because of the bounty on the big grey wolf's head, they escape to the wilderness where they must rely on each other to survive"--

At twenty-two, John Signal is old enough to have been in a shooting scrape. It was a fair fight, but the man he killed was well-connected. Fleeing Signal arrives in the mining town of Monument, calling himself John Alias. Almost immediately his horse is stolen. He learns the name of the thief, Sam Langley, and even where he is. Sheriff Peter Ogden, rather than pursuing the thief, Alias he will make him a deputy if he succeeds in retrieving his horse....

During the Klondike Gold Rush, two prospectors and their wolf dog Chinook encounter a mysterious woman travelling with her dog team. One man warms to her - the other distrusts her ...

Three Western stories. A man on a mule must intercept a killer on horseback. A sharpshooter threatens a trench of soldiers. An old prize-fighter has a task to perform.