On his way to visit his crusty old mentor, the mountain man Maple Jack, Roamer makes a brief supply stop in the raw, flyblown town of Forsaken, Wyoming. But Roamer's plans change when he is recognized by a dandified young stranger, a specter from a past Roamer thought he'd left behind. The arrogant youth -- keeper of a secret of which only Roamer knows the truth -- possesses the precious deed to a valuable ranch. The type of property people kill for....

Alex Thorne has been enjoying his retirement from the Secret Service by seeing the world. Aboard the City Of Peking, he saves the life of fellow passenger Rudyard Kipling. Thorne immediately suspects that the incident was not an accident. A high regard between the two men leads to friendship. And after another attempt on Kipling's life, Thorne proposes to act as guardian for the British author on his tour of the American West. Tensions rise as the...

Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn't always play by the rules. A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are...

"Killing time in his garden outside Fort Smith, Arkansas retired US Marshal Doyle Hardy has softened up some. The brutal double murder in Shacktown shapes him up fast. Suddenly, redeputized, he follows a trail that snakes from owlhoot whorehouses to moonshine shacks, dogged by vicious outlaws with old scores to settle. Riding the treacherous Choctaw Trail he is sworn to ferret out the heartless killer, the hell-raiser who will force him to face the...

"One day, not long from now, it becomes almost impossible to murder anyone-- 999 times out of a thousand, anyone who is intentionally killed comes back. How? We don't know. But it changes everything: war, crime, daily life. Tony Valdez is a Dispatcher-- a licensed, bonded professional whose job is to humanely dispatch those whose circumstances put them in death's crosshairs, so they can have a second chance to avoid the reaper. But when a fellow...

"The iconic R.L. Stine is joined by artist A.L. Kaplan in this twisted retelling of Frankenstein. You might be familiar with the story of a mad scientist hell-bent on creating life, but what these two demented brothers have made is something else entirely! Horror lovers won't want to miss this imaginative retelling with more than a few twists, as R.L. Stine takes on one of the most iconic stories in horror history!"--Provided by publisher.

"With two trail drives under his belt, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too--with a side of hot lead ... Mac Mackenzie has enough problems on his plate. He's got bounty hunters on his tail, no one on his side, and no place to hide. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, he hears the rumbling of a cattle stampede--heading straight for his camp. Mac's got two choices: Get...

Georgie, or Lady Georgiana Rannoch, is busy planning her upcoming nuptials to Darcy O'Mara. Unfortunately, what has started as a simple wedding has become quite a royal headache and grand affair, thanks to a guest list that includes the queen and the appointment of princesses as Georgie's bridesmaids. "If only Darcy and I had eloped!" she thinks, as she attempts to organize her wedding AND find a place for her and her husband-to-be to live. Just as...