"Playing cards with a whiskey trader in the wilds of Texas, John Slocum wins a white woman a bet. Until recently, she was a captive of the Comanche, and traumatized into silence. But after a little kindness on Slocum's part, she expresses her gratitude with physical enthusiasm that's louder than words. Her name is Juliana, and it turns out she's a victim of her husband's greed. Job Toby had his wife abducted, hoping she'd be declared dead so he could...

The folks of Westlake live in fear of a so-called witch. But when John Slocum meets the exotic Minh, he learns to believe in magic after exploring her hidden charms.

Color illustration on front cover of three superimposed vignettes: head and neck portrait of man wearing brown western hat and red bandana; man wearing green shirt embracing a woman wearing orange blouse; street scene with a man wearing western clothing firing a pistol at another man holding a knife in his proper right hand, a third man is running away

When the Cockroach, a mysterious and elusive criminal who only comes out at night, torches a ranch and kidnaps the rancher's wife, John Slocum works to find the lair of the Mexican bandit and make him pay for his crimes.