After completing a successful cattle drive as a the chuckwagon cook, Mac signs up for another one to escape those seeking revenge for a crime he did not commit -- Amazon.

"After struggling for years to work a raw-patch ranch in the arid flatlands of Texas, young Mitchell Newland learns that his herd of scrubby range cattle will fetch ten times their local price if they're driven to Montana. He strikes a one-sided deal with the devil, neighboring rancher Corliss Bilks, to back his play with cattle, men, and horses. The trail brims with hellish hardship: prairie fire, stampede, flooded rivers, hailstorms, rattlers, sickness,...

"When a rival ranch tries to drive the Creel family out of business, Bo and Scratch find themselves in a bloody battle for survival"--

The ranchers riding with Rand Hayes cross the Mojave Desert to confront the hardships of a brutal land, a hostile Ute nation, and the mysterious territory of California in their attempts to drive the cattle to market.

"The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune -- and make history. That man would be Nelson Story. A bold entrepreneur and miner, he knows a golden opportunity when he sees one. But it won't be easy. Cowboys and bandits have got guns, farmers have got sick livestock, and the Army's got their own reasons to stop the drive. Even worse,...

"A cattle drive is no place for a greenhorn... But this city miss is here for the ride! Cowboy Zachariah Strickland should put Alexandra Murray on the first eastbound train home. But he has no choice except to take her on his cattle trail. She hasn't ridden a horse to death, or shot anybody, but she does drive him furious with longing... Is it possible Alex belongs right here in the Wild West--with Zach?"-- Page [4] of cover.

In 1871 Joshua Loper, a sixteen-year-old black cowboy, records in his journal his experiences while making his first cattle drive under an unsympathetic trail boss.

"Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn't smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm back in England - and how to handle cowboys in bareknuckle prizefights. But his skills and know-how were really put to the test when he accepted a bet he might live to regret: lead a cattle drive from Texas to New York City. Not one to back down on a dare, Ponting assembles the motliest crew...

"Professional gunman Cass Silver had become the law in Red Bone ... because he could kill faster than anyone else. He was a man who questioned and dreamed, and then went out to make life what he wanted -- on his terms. His story -- and the story of Thad Oglevie, the youngster Cass molded in his own image -- is a full-bodied narrative of the American West when the law could be upheld by violent men and violence meant sure death."--