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The Peña gang ravage the Southwest, plundering and killing with impunity. Until, that is, they kill Ben Morrison’s brother for a fortune in rubies. Ben considers himself a used-up former lawman, but desperate for revenge, he calls on ex-manhunt Duel Winston for help. Duel, though, has settled into a peaceful life of ranching and is reluctant to risk his newfound happiness. Until, that is, the ghosts of his past come a-haunting, and he takes to the trail again.

Ex-range detective Jim Duran has had enough of progress and the increasingly tamed West. But when he signs on with the Peacemaker Society for the final mission of his career, he gets more than he bargained for - a fiery Crow Indian bent on avenging a murder, a bone-freezing journey over a desolate white desert of treacherous ice and snow, and an insane dictator who threatens to plunge the United States into another Civil War.

Arriving in Lancerville, John Laramie hoped to escape his old life as a man-hunter and settle down. But there he finds he’s torn between the demons of his past and hope for a brighter future when a young woman seeks his help in getting rid of a vicious outlaw. Then the Cross Gang attacks him and the young woman’s life is put in danger. But will it cost Laramie more to win than to lose in a deadly showdown?

Moonstone Books is proud to present this original anthology featuring never before seen tales of the world's first consulting detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes! See it here...a secret sequel to the classic Holmes novel The Sign of Four! Sherlock and Conan Doyle's own "Lost World" Professor Challenger! Holmes teams up with some of the most colorful characters of history.

Zachary Taylor is fed up with his routine life as a town marshal and the mundane tasks of running a small ranch and settling down with his family. All this is soon to change as he finds himself embroiled in the most dangerous case of his career. Following a trail of bodies and stolen stock, he finds himself getting far more than he bargained for. Within days the menace draws a noose of terror about his life and threatens the lives of his family, a local rancher, and a beautiful saloon girl desperate for his help.