This new trio of short novels opens with The Brand of Señorita Scorpion. When Elgera Douglas is forced to flee her ranch, her way becomes blocked by the smoke and heat of a volcano. In Queen of the Long Rifles, Benjamin Longbit and his gang of thieves announce that all fur trappers will leave the area of the Big Horns within a week or they will be hunted down and killed. The Beast in Cañada Diablo is a gigantic cat-like creature that has killed the last two lawmen who entered the canyon.

Genre: Western