Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart arrived too late to rescue his father. But the elder Hart managed to identify his killers before his death -by scrawling the phrase "Los Pistoleros" in his own blood. Since the end of the Civil War, this outlaw gang has been involved in everything from cattle rustling to running guns -without getting caught. Sullivan Hart aims to end that lucky streak. But Sullivan Hart isn't the only man on the hunt. Quick Charlie Sims, gambler and con man, has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros. And he's got to do it without letting lawmen like Sullivan Hart get involved. Because Charlie Sims is a wanted man, too....

When a fellow lawman falls ill, Sam Burrack-better known as the Ranger-agrees to take the reins of the territory's infamous jail wagon. Driving straight across the territory, the Ranger must keep tabs on a motley group of prisoners, including the younger brother of JC McLawry, leader of the dreaded Blue Star Tattoo Gang. McLawry's gang will stop at nothing to free one of their own. And riding among them is Lawrence Shaw, known as the fastest gun alive, whose isolated existence in the desert has affected his mind -but not his trigger finger . . . .

Where Legend Begins... Years before he became famous as The Ranger, young Samuel Burrack was a buffalo hunter trying his hand at enterprise on the Western Frontier. When his best friend is murdered, his first instinct is simple-find the killers and deliver justice. Joined by legendary Ranger Clyde "Outrider" Sazes, Samuel learns how to track, hunt, and shoot from the best in the territory. But when the badmen split up, so must the partners, and Samuel soon finds himself alone in the very town the gang has chosen as a rendezvous. Befriended and further taught the skills of the killing trade by Lawrence Shaw (Aka Fast Larry, the Fastest Gun Alive) the newly deputized Samuel will have to muster all of his strength, courage, and skill against a batch of murderous thieves whose only desire is to kill and conquer. For Samuel Burrack, it is his first fight to the death-and his first step toward becoming a legend.... "Blood Rock," written in 2001, was the sixth volume of the "Big Iron Series," and is the third in Ralph Cotton's "Ranger Sam Burrack" series of Western Classics.

The Ranger Lives for the Hunt. The Outlaw Lives for the Killing. Now They Are About to Come Face to Face at Last. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a man of courage with a lightning-quick draw. His goal is swift justice, and his aim is as sure as death. With a .58 caliber rifle behind his saddle and a list of outlaws next to his heart, he tracks his prey relentlessly, alone, and to the bitter end. No one under the badlands sun would put the Ranger's skills to the test like Montana Red Hollis, a man more brutal than any beast and more cunning than any desperado the Ranger has ever hunted. No one is safe from the wrath of Montana Red and, until the Ranger took up the search, no one was brave enough to stop him. Now, on the high badlands where the fastest gun rules and only the strongest survive, a bloodthirsty killer is about to meet his match. From master storyteller Ralph Cotton comes an extraordinary story about lawmen and the lawless-and of gun justice in the rugged American West.

In this large 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition, Ralph Cotton spins another epic tale of guns and grit in the wake of the Civil War...a journey through a world of outlaw justice and the men who lived and died by it. ...Sure, it would've been easy killing Two Diamond Joe with a second shot. No man takes a .44 round square between the eyes and survives. But Jeston Nash only wants his prize horse back from the man, and a fast trail out of the New Mexico badlands. ...Together again with Quiet Jack, Nash is on a hunt that will take him through unforgiving terrain, a tangle of firebrand beauties, and even into a lawman's trust...before squaring off with the most ruthless pack of gunmen ever to rule the desert frontier.