"In two western stories, when a stranger arrives in town, his actions will force people to choose between revenge and justice"--

Gunnison Butte: George Alden Morgan never knew his father and is abandoned at fourteen by his mother who runs off leaving him eleven silver dollors. George skips town after stealing a horse etc. and meets up with Boone Helm, a survivor in the wilderness. The Drifter: Jared Carson is a man on the move and finds a wrangling job on a small ranch. He gets along well with the ranch owner, and when the owner dies from a gun shot, Jared is left his ranch...

Amos McCarthy has owned and operated the Rafter M Ranch for at least thirty years in the upland ranges of Wyoming. In the beginning, renegade Indian bands had harassed him. Amos gained a fearsome reputation as a rancher who would tolerate no depredation. He even became skilled at prowling Indian-style at night, killing unsuspecting predators with a knife. Later came rustlers and Amos dealt with them in the same way, hanging those who survived his...