This trio of novellas by one of the masters of American short fiction opens with Alec the Great, set in Alaska during the Gold Rush. Here is the background of the bitter enmity that destroyed the great friendship between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont, known to Brand s readers from Sixteen in Nome. Riding into Peril is the story of Kantwell Irving Dangerfield, otherwise known as The Kid. Thrown into jail on a spurious charge, The Kid makes his escape and embarks on a life of adventure and danger, meeting the enchanting Marianne Justis when he s hired to track down a mysterious renegade known as The Phantom. Outlaws All tells how Bull Hunter, that gentle giant of a man who sees so deeply into the human soul, encounters and is befriended by a mighty wolf dog known as The Ghost.