In this exciting trio, Max Brand gives his readers the usual: an exciting mix of adventure, love, and authentic Old West lore. In "The Stage to Yellow Creek," lone bandit Cactus Terry fails at his attempt to relieve a pair of passengers of the $160,000 in cash they're transporting. "The Lost Valley" tells of Chuck Neilan who buys an emerald ring and searches out its original owner, a woman whose ranch is being ruined by a bandit known as The Wolf. Lastly, a man named Reata is saved from hanging only to be sent on an ominous mission that could easily get him killed . . .