The Goodnight Trail: Benton McCaleb, Will Elliott and Brazos Gifford served with Charles Goodnight as Texas Rangers, and when they learned he is planning a cattle drive to Colorado, they waste no time joining him. The Western Trail: Leaving Goodnight, Colorado, Texans Benton McCaleb, Brazos Gifford and Will Elliot drive their herd north, settling along Wyoming's Sweetwater River. But when gold is discovered along the Sweetwater, all hell breaks loose....

Brian Middleton left his father's ranch long ago to make his own way. But now, he's returned to claim the land his late father left him--and learns the hard way that if he wants to keep something in the Wild West, he has to fight for it. With local lowlifes and shady con-men after the Driving D ranch, Middleton has no choice but to make a stand.

Their friendship started with a schoolyard tussle. Now, the need for revenge is what binds Luke Croft and Red Connover together. When Luke taught himself how to fire a Colt, he never imagined he'd turn into a gunman. But when his stepfather's dodgy business dealings turn his life upside down, Luke asks Red to help him destroy the man who murdered his kin. The road to vengeance is long and hard, and the two friends who are barely out of boyhood will...