Outlaws of the West #13

Piute Charlie finally strikes gold in the desert and returns to town with nuggets to prove it, but two opportunistic drifters named Tank Metzger and Ford Repp spot his fortune and decide to follow him back into the wasteland. As the three trek deeper into the arid landscape, Metzger and Repp quickly discover they're no match for the harsh conditions—their water runs out fast, and only Charlie knows where to find more, setting the stage for a deadly game of desperation in the sand.

Everett Johns arrives in a frontier town with nothing but peaceful intentions—he wants to buy the Carter Ranch and settle down quietly. But when he discovers that the ruthless Arch Lester and his gang have terrorized the town into submission, Johns finds himself forced to stand his ground, even as Lester's thugs destroy his new property and the local law refuses to help. Now the mild-mannered newcomer must decide whether to abandon his dream or take matters into his own hands against an outlaw boss who's ruled through fear for far too long.

Three gunslingers hit Tenmile for a fortune in gold and silver, but friendship fractures fast once the loot is hidden and the law closes in—Sheriff Jim Mason separates them in different prisons to keep their greed from turning deadly. When they're finally released and reunite at their secret cache five years later, they discover the one thing that might prove more valuable than the bullion itself: whether an outlaw's word actually means anything.

Jim Molloy, a former ranger passing through the outlaw-controlled town of Taprock, finds himself arrested for a gunfight he didn't start—and tried before a judge, jury, and marshal who are all members of Reb Ridley's own gang. When the rigged trial threatens an innocent man's life and pushes the townspeople past their breaking point, Molloy's quick action sparks a reckoning that Ridley never saw coming.