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Rides a stranger: Coffin Flats, New Mexico, is a nothing town in the middle of nowhere, which suits Jim Glass just fine. Jim is looking for work. He's as good with his hands as he is with a gun, which makes him a very attractive prospect for the local brothel. Instead, Jim hires on with Marshal Chalk Bronson. A hothead named Johnny Waco is threatening to burn Coffin Flats down if his runaway wife is not returned to him. The lady in question had loved Marshal Bronson until fate and war separated them. Now Jim Glass has a plan that will either make things right -- or far worse -- than they are already. It's the kind of scheme that could pull a drifter like Glass into a world of killers and heartbreak.

A bullet for Billy: Captain Gus Rodgers of the Texas Rangers is dying-and before he goes, he needs Jim's help to free his grandson from a Mexican prison. Trouble is, the Federale general holding him wants the head of the boy's brother, Billy, who has already confessed to murdering the general's daughter. Gus believes Billy deserves to die, and the old Ranger is just worried he won't live long enough to do the deed -- which is where Jim Glass comes in.