Longarm and the Bandit Queen, by Evans, Tabor. 4 1/4 x 7. 1st ptg.

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When the biggest cattle baron in Texas is assassinated, naturally the Feds send in U.S. Marshal Long. Longarm finds himself threatened by a conspiracy reaching from Washington to Japan, armed with a strange new weapon never seen before in the West. But Longarm finds allies in an unlikely duo. Jessica Starbuck is a breathtaking beauty with her own cattle empire, who shoots as straight as any man and knows the arts of love better than any other woman. Ki is her half-Japanese samurai protector whose shining knives and flying kicks can match any guns in Texas. Together, they're out for blood and justice… and Longarm is in for the time of his life!

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR WAR CLOUDS Longarm’s old friend, War Cloud, the Apache scout, is taking a break from getting shot every day in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show to come to the aid of the U.S. government. War Cloud, along with his beautiful daughter Magpie, will team up with Longarm to retrieve an errant Army wife who has run off with an Apache. If they fail to bring back the ravishing runaway, the cuckolded Major Belcher may spark another Apache war by storming the sacred Shadow Montañas to reclaim his wife and kill her Indian lover. With a loose cannon on one side of the border and arrow-happy Apaches on the other, Longarm will have to be fast as lightning—or he and his companions may be caught in a hail of bullets.**

3:10 FROM YUMA Crooked town marshal Jeb Beeson has laid down the law—his law. If Longarm isn't on the Monday train out of Yuma, his casket will be. But Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long isn't about to be chased off by a bullying badge toter—he has a job to do. Former lawman Tom Ray has been falsely convicted of murder and left to rot in Yuma Territorial Prison, while the men who set him up steal his gold claim. When Ray's beautiful daughter Jessica asks Longarm for help, the deputy marshal can't say no. He's not about to let a good lawman die in a bad prison—or let a bunch of dirty dogs get rich on a dead man's claim.

MAKIN' BACONAfter Bethlehem Bacon's husband goes missing while out surveying on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long heads out to Wyoming Territory to lead the search. And when the beautiful Beth insists on accompanying him, Longarm finds himself distracted by desire for the sizzling Mrs. Bacon.But bushwhackers' bullets quickly bring Longarm's senses back into sharp focus. Someone is trying to stop them from learning her husband's fate. Once they reach the reservation, Longarm realizes he may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire. With shooters on every bluff, the lawman will have to rely on steely nerves, a quick draw and a steady aim to smoke out the fatback bastards and save their bacon...

Color illustration of three superimposed vignettes: man's head portrait wearing western hat and smoking a cigarillo; bare-shouldered man embracing woman wearing red dress; man wearing western clothing sitting at a table holding a pistol in his proper right hand with a woman wearing a white blouse and red skirt standing next to him.

A deadly explosion set by train robbers blows Longarm and his fellow passengers clear off the tracks. When Longarm sets out to find the culprits, his investigation leads to the death of a lowlife with friends in high places. Now Longarm is being given another chance to die.

COME HELL OR HIGH WATER A feud over water rights has got neighboring towns on the brink of all-out war. After a territorial division split one community into two, the locals found themselves taking sides in a conflict that literally pit brother against brother. Now Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long has arrived to encourage both sides to let go of their thirst for vengeance and let past injustices be water under the bridge. But what could be a watershed moment for the small community may instead erupt into bloodshed. With skirmishes turning deadly and a bushwhacker gunning for Longarm, this whole peacemaking venture may turn out to be a washout.