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Mountain man Smoke Jensen never wanted to kill, but circumstance has plunged him into bloodbaths time and time again. Now Angus McDougal, the father of one of Smoke's victims, wants revenge. Tracked into the wintry wilderness of Colorado, Smoke must summon all of his survival skills to evade his enemy.

Smoke Jensen travels from his peaceful Sugarloaf Ranch to Santa Clara, Colorado, where he wins an auction for a pureblood Hereford bull. But this makes Pogue Quentin, the town's leading citizen and a man accustomed to bloodshed, furious. When Smoke's friend has a run-in with Quentin, things get pretty dicey.

The Brannock brothers have very different dreams for their lives in the wide-open spaces of the American Southwest. Virgil is a railroad man; Clint is in the Calvary; and Earl has settled in with the Comanches. Their paths cross in a fatal gun-battle that puts their code of honor to the test.

Bethany and Wade Cameron are young newlyweds bound for the Texas Panhandle in the 1800s. In the land of endless cattle ranges, they plan to build a modest home and work the fields, making a life for themselves as best they can. Though the journey west is long and arduous and their new surroundings are less than hospitable, the Camerons persevere through courage, faith, and most importantly the support of each other.

On the Sunday afternoon of the Santa Barbara festival in Cuenca, the great Plaza de Toros roars with the boisterous cheers of a full house. As the glorious opening ceremonies commence, the fascinating men at the heart of the spectacle are introduced. Following the preparations of the concerned proprietor Eladio Gomez, the narrative evolves into an account of the tragedies and triumphs of the bullfighting Bello brothers: Luis the master, and the novice, Pepe.

Free Anderson's days as a soldier may be over, but his war is just beginning. An enemy stalks him, waiting to exact vengeance. Now framed and set to hang in Texas, Free is aided by a friend from his army days. Together again on the trail of Free's accuser, the two men encounter such towering figures as Wild Bill Hickok and General Custer.

Jeremy Prine is reunited with old Civil War buddies to go after close to a million dollars in stolen loot. But despicable killers have also caught scent of the treasure--and before it's all over more than one corpse is sure to be planted in the local bone orchard.

Before Lassiter has a chance to become a legend, he must survive his hard-scrabble younger days. Throwing everything he has into a partnership on a cattle ranch, he hopes to make his mark honestly. But an unscrupulous rival quickly emerges and threatens to derail Lassiter's dreams before they even leave the station. It isn't long before the daring young man with deadly aim finds himself hunted by a bunch of thugs with plenty of kills to their credit.

The hero Lassiter is called into the town of Bluegate to help Josh Falconer save his failing business. But Lassiter arrives too late, and Josh has already made an untimely departure from the land of the living. Now Lassiter will move heaven and earth to punish those responsible.

Lassiter and his partner Borling are sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of a killing they had no part in committing. But with some daring ingenuity they manage to escape from behind bars--only to see their efforts thwarted by treachery.