Trailing smoke and flames, a blazing wagon has rolled through a quiet, dusty town in the Dakotas. Two white women are tied to stakes within it, their bodies a mass of arrows. And Edge's wife, Beth is gone. Edge arrives too late to save her, but in time to see the destruction of his peaceful farm...and the fleeing Sioux warriors, screaming in triumph. Edge must follow their trail to its end. And he must do it alone. It is to be the bloodiest trail yet in the adventures of the most violent man the West ever spawned. This is the eleventh in a series of the most brutal stories in print. Edge is a new kind of Western hero, and there is no one to compare with him. Read his first ten adventures...if you're strong enough to take another Edge!

It was a small Wyoming town, sleeping uneasily in the memory of a time when its people went mad with ruthless vengeance. Now once a year its streets open up to strangers, and its past crime is drowned in the drink and noise of reckless celebration. Into this annual madness rides Edge!

From the back cover: In a town called Hate only one man ruled, and his double-barreled shotgun was the law. Sherriff [stet] Corners owned the town and everything in it, including the people. He was judge, jury, and executioner. No one dated risk the bloody consequences of challenging Corners' authority. Until Edge rode into town, hell bent on drowning his grief at the local saloon and with the first available woman.

Seascape, Oregon. A down-at-the-heels carny with one spectacular side-show – a brick of solid gold worth $1.000,000. Roger Case knew that to the untamed men of the west, this was just putting temptation in their way, and he feared for both his gold and his life. Then Edge rode into town, and Roger Case knew any man that lightning fast and still poor just had to be honest. And anyone who met Edge’s piercing ice-cold gaze realized that if evil and cruelty were ugly, then this man was a nightmare!

The town called Paradise was hell on earth for outsiders. Off the beaten track, its very isolation let Paradise create its own code of law, and it was vicious, ruthless, and merciless. Edge had already been in a town called Hate, where they hanged a man for spitting in the street, so how bad could paradise really be?

His slitted eyes surveyed his surroundings. The square was as deserted as before. But now three bodies oozed blood to stain the sidewalk; the two men Edge had killed and the sheriff. Harman was curled up in a heap outside the doorway of his office. He had taken the wild shot low down on the right side of his chest. From the vast amount of blood he had lost through the chest and mouth, it had taken a few seconds for the punctured lung to kill him. “Anyone else got business with me?” he yelled.

For the first time in his life he had a bundle of cash - $25,000 – and not a care in the world. The he happens to trespass on Woodrow Ryan’s spread, a huge chunk of western Texas. Never one to appreciate being told what to do, Edge is soon battling the land baron’s army of henchmen. But edge had allies among the local farmers, who’ve been beaten into submission by the mighty Ryan. Edge will have none of that. He is a man of his own, and not likely to join up with a bunch of scared plowboys. Caught between the suspicious farmers and the deadly Ryan gang, Edge attempts to ride a slim trail out of the area. Involvement will mean time and trouble. Trouble wins as Edge is waylaid by a dozen men and beaten senseless. He is then tied up and roped to a horse…and set up to be dragged to his death. The frightened horse bolts away from the scene with Edge’s body bouncing and scraping across the rugged land. It looks like the end. But it is only the beginning, Vengeance comes to the valley.

Dead From Murdering Barnaby Tree was carved into ten tombstones and carted around the west by two avenging woman. Ten killers to kill in vengeance. Of course—the woman need a little help. Just someone to trail and find the men, someone to capture them and, of course someone for protection. That meant only one man—Edge. One cold, hard man against ten ruthless murderers. Violence and death was sure to follow!

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Edge discovers that Fort Waycross an army outpost, has been destroyed by warring Apaches. As he rummages through the ruins, a gang of American and Mexican cutthroats arrive. They are led by a man named Sullivan, infamous for his brutality and his law: ‘What I want, I take!’ Sullivan and Edge are about to go at each other when the Apaches return. A bloody battle ensues, leaving only a handful of survivors. Sullivan leaves Edge amid the Apache corpses. Then Edge discovers that his bankroll has been stolen … and this, more than murder, rape and looting, pushes Edge into a relentless pursuit of Sullivan. It is now Edge’s law at work, his unwritten law of revenge and retribution!

Edge journeys to High Mountain where a big music festival is scheduled. Music lovers from all over are there to see the renowned Rollo Stone group. Duke Box is the mysterious promoter of this music event. He has hired gunslingers to take care of security—which they do. They also get rid of the sheriff and take charge of the town. Rollo Stone is kidnapped and there’s only one man who can pursue revenge and bring justice to the town—and that’s Edge. Wherever he is … death and destruction are sure to follow.

A recently discovered de Vinci masterpiece is auctioned to a New Orleans businessman. This news alerts every thief in San Francisco that there’s more than gold in “then thar hills.” It could be the biggest heist of the year. There’s only one man who can guard the transport of the painting on the long trip to New Orleans. One cold hard, ruthless man against the combined daring and thievery of the West’s most cunning robbers.

Aboard the steamship, Delta Dawn, Edge finds himself in the middle of a political intrigue. A pretty young woman, Charity Meagher, and a man named Horace Ferris, are in possession of a letter signed by some highly placed politicians, pledging money and allegiance to the new uprising of the South against Washington’s rule. The letter is to be delivered personally to the President. But the agents of the new rebels are determined to retrieve this letter before it’s delivered. When mysterious men board the ship in the middle of the night and people begin disappearing, it can only mean one thing – trouble. And when an attempt is made on Edge’s life – it can only mean that killing and revenge are sure to follow.

Edge arrives in Carol County, Nebraska, where posters are displayed asking people to vote for the mayor and town council of a neighboring town. Caught in a sudden rainstorm, the half-breed takes shelter in a building where he meets a young couple - Laura and Dan Warren – who are on the run from a posse sent after them by the town’s sheriff, Gene Stanton. They begin to tell Edge about the crooked election when shots explode and three deputies ride up. The Warrens kill one man and steal the horses. Edge claims a mount and they all leave for the election headquarters.

Edge begins an incredible trip to the Mexican border in a wagon carrying a dying man, his beautiful daughter and angry son. There are just a few obstacles: their path through the wilderness is in a collision course with the Shoshone nation. If warring Indians weren't enough there is one other problem: they’re riding in a wagon containing a fortune in gold. Though well camouflaged it soon lures the violent and greedy from both sides of the border. With Edge riding shotgun, the wagon cuts a bloody trail through singing arrows and silent bullets. A vehicle of violence, a beautiful woman and death on the back-trail – Edge is riding again.

The half-breed Edge is about to settle down for his share of love and happiness in San Parral, about to ask the beautiful Isabella to marry him, when six brutal bounty hunters ride into town raising hell. Their prize captive is the woman of a hated bandit chief and their torture is their amusement. Hard on the bounty hunters’ trail is a thirty-man band of thieves headed by the ruthless Gonzales, who wants his woman back alive. Once again, Edge has to throw love aside as he pits himself against two violent gangs, hell-bent on destroying each other. And anyone who gets in their way!

Edge is broke and decides to take on a job as a herd-driver with the Big T outfit. Almost from the start he meets with opposition from the outfit's former hands who have sworn to stop the herd from reaching its destination. #27 in the series.

Christmas in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. A man named Joseph and a pregnant girl named Maria. Three sheepmen and a star in east. The strangest priest who ever came to the frontier and his “daughter,” who used to be a whore named Angel. And Edge. A loner who became a part of this scenario for a miracle without understanding why. And whose presence inevitably triggered a chain reaction of violence that was to leave a ghastly trail of dead men’s blood on the snow.

In Denver, Edge is hired to protect a rich old gentleman heading east with a coffin containing his mysterious Oriental wife.On the way, Chinese assassins and hired guns threaten to kidnap the body of the “princess” … and kill whoever gets in their way. Many deaths later, Edge discovers the true identity of the Oriental woman and her worth … in gold!

New York is just another frontier town to Edge. A horse and carriage is just a fancier mule wagon. But if he’s caught in the alley, Edge’s skill with the razor will make any gangland godson smart. When Edge gets trapped in the crossfire of two New York gangland leaders, he finds out that Boss Black and Emilio Orlando are gunning for him as well as each other. Playing both sides against the middle, Edge sets gang against gang, leader against leader, then steals away to his hideout in a nearby building. On the streets below, the gangland rumble explodes. It’s High Noon on the Bowery.

On his way out West, Edge joins up with a Scottish couple, Angus and Ruth Ross, bound on a strange mission. The Rosses are traveling in an old Conestoga wagon loaded with four costly and ornate caskets. They have come a long way in search of four unmarked graves… Edge and the Rosses stumble onto their first clue, when they are greeted by nervous, silent townspeople in a small Kansas town. Their silence soon turns into angry violence and Edge and the Rosses are run out of town with a grim warning – give up the search for the graves … or else! But they continue to search. And Edge plays his ironic, deadly part in the final scenario of death as the mystery falls away. And the murderous truth emerges.

In Virginia City, Edge encounters a nervous magician named Willard, whose magic show attracts his attention. Deciding to stop, Edge gets caught between two drunken cowhands in the middle of a shootout. Edge saves a woman’s life, becomes the town hero and good buddies with Billings, owner of the Four aces. But Edge doesn’t know the history of Billings, an outlaw with a string of henchmen in his service, who killed Willard’s father ten years before. Abbie, Willard’s beautiful young sister, tries to seduce Edge and win him over to her brother’s cause – to wipe out Billings. Indifferent to Abbie and to her brother’s hatred, Edge, nevertheless, is forced to take a stand – and to play his deadly hand.

Meandering through the scorching desert of southern New Mexico, Edge is ensnared in a seething conflict between white men and Apaches. Seems that years ago one of the local men was murdered for raping a squaw, and both sides are out for blood... The townspeople hatred for the tribe comes to a head when four soldiers arrive, escorting three braves wanted for stealing guns. The whole town, including the sheriff are for lynching the redskins, but edge manages to prevent the massacre ... for a while. Caught in the horns of a dilemma, Edge is forced to play the part of peacemaker in the final act of violence ... a role that doesn't come easy to the half-breed with a penchant for trouble.

While playing poker in a border town saloon, Edge is slipped a mysterious message: the Indian who led the violent attack that resulted in the gruesome death of Edge's woman, Beth, has been caught. Folding his hand, Edge heads for an abandoned Federale post to meet the hombres who are holding the hated Sioux hostage. Seems as if the captors want more than money in exchange. Just when it looks as if the deck is stacked, Edge decides to play another game. The redskin's scalp is at stake—this time Edge holds all the cards.

To wheedle a substantial sum of money out of her wealthy but miserly father, a young, beautiful hot-head arranges to be kidnapped by a pack of trigger-happy Mexican bandits—who can't keep a promise. Kane Worthington, the most detested man in town, will stop at nothing to get his wayward daughter back, and he hires Edge to do just that. But Edge soon dis¬covers that there is more than one daughter involved as the situation erupts into a violent game of death and double crossing, culminating in a bloodbath that not even Edge can prevent.

When Edge rides in, Irving seems like just another sleepy cowtown. But by nightfall, that all changed. A man’s been gunned down in the bar, and Edge has formed a strange friendship with a hard-nose barmaid who’s been looking for him for years. Not to mention that by morning Edge has become sole owner and operator of The Lucky Break Saloon, and the center of a town battle. Joe Love and his vicious band of ranchers have a score to settle with the peace-loving citizens of Irving, and it looks like Edge showed up just in time for a showdown…

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The man they call Edge is headed across the barren Utah desert when he runs headlong into a violent family struggle. A crazy grandfather, raving about the Second Coming, has a secret cache of several thousand dollars – the kind of money just bound to bring trouble. Trouble so big a father will shoot a son, outlaws will track and torture a woman, and a whole town could lose control in the grip of greed and fear. Even Edge’s cool head is put to the test on the small Wild West mining camp where the fastest trigger is law, and cold cash a stairway to heaven.

While riding through the scorching Arizona desert, Edge interrupts a gunfight between a sheriff and a vicious half-breed who’s got a $1,000 price on his head. The man with the star goes down the loser, and suddenly Edge hads the chance to make a tidy income. All he has to do is hold onto his booty on the long ride to the nearest jail – no easy task considering the man’s one helluva rebel and Edge isn’t the only fellow who’d like to profit from him. Edge is sure of one thing - $1,000 isn't worth dying for.

The Campbell gang are ruthless professionals—looting, burning, stealing when¬ever it's convenient, and staying out of reach of the law, slippery as eels. But the Campbells make a big mistake when they cross Edge's path, trying to double deal him before heading off to hide in the hills. But Edge will find them when no one else can. Here's one man not frightened to pull a gun on a band of vicious outlaws, especially when there's a stash of cash at stake. . .

Ridin’ high through the Montana mountains, Edge comes across Barney Galton, a dying miner, and his vicious German Shepherd. Galton strikes a bargain with Edge: for a proper burial and caring for the dog, the fortune in the old man’s mine will be his. The old man dies and Edge is left with a canine who has a taste for human flesh. The trouble has just begun…looking for the gold, Edge finds out that a lot of people want a piece of Galton’s legendary fortune. Edge begins to wonder if he is digging for gold—or digging his own grave.

Edge gets caught in a crossfire when he arrives in Elgin City, Wyoming. Mayor Earl Gray rules the town with an iron fist, and his law is enforced by hired gunslingers, the fastest draws money can buy. Gray wants Edge to be his num¬ber one henchman—and he won't take no for an answer. The rebellious townspeople want the dic¬tator, Gray, out of the county, and they try to enlist Edge to their cause. Both sides push Edge a little too far, and when the bloodshed finally comes, Edge stands alone—the deadliest enemy that either side faces.

Edge rides into an Arapaho campsite to find scores of woman and children dead, massacred while the warriors of the tribe were away hunting. Only one wounded young Indian woman survived the attack. Nalin is proud, beautiful – and consumed with hatred for the white murderers of her people. Edge rides from the scene of the slaughter with the wounded Nalin. The trail ahead will be treacherous, because the Arapaho are on the warpath – and white blood must be spilled.

Edge reckoned it was the damnedest thing he'd ever come across: a fashionably dressed couple driving through the desert in a covered wagon complete with a brass bed and a grandfather clock. But he soon found out that all the mystery was locked up in the distorted mind of Mrs. Rochford, a woman as skilled in the pleasures of the flesh as she is in the more subtle manip¬ulations of her fellow men. She's a dame with a devious game plan. She's just hired Edge. And his troubles are just starting.

They call it a hotel but any man not born yesterday knows a whorehouse when he sees one. The last place Edge ever expected to see one was out in the Arizona desert. A glorious mansion, and a fleet of gorgeous woman. Beyond that, The Come and Go is no ordinary brothel. Edge has never had anything against a pretty woman, let alone a bundle of them, but these don’t come free; you’re lucky to get out alive. Like most traps, The Come and Go is sinfully easy to fall into, and devilishly hard to get out of…

On Saturday, the fun-loving citizens of Prospect, Texas, slaughtered a band of drifters – Indians – who were just passing through their quiet little whistle-stop. On Sunday, the god-fearing citizens of Prospect, Texas, received the blessing of Austin Henry Loring – Reverend – who preached hellfire and damnation to this town without pity. On Monday, the man called Edge rode into Prospect. Before he could wash the acrid trail dust from his throat, the trigger-happy town was on his back.

When a reluctant Edge takes charge of an abandoned prison wagon, he finds himself uncomfortably on the right side of the law … and outnumbered. Seven desperate outlaws, condemned men who must escape or hang, are crammed into the stinking, broiling cage. Several gun-toting whores, rifles cocked and ambush on their minds, lay hidden just around the next bend. Edge doesn’t know it, but he’s riding into a showdown with this dirty dozen. With odds like these, put your money on… EDGE.

A little red schoolhouse on the outskirts of the sleepy frontier town of Loganville, Kansas, becomes the unlikely hideout for a trio of trigger-happy gunslingers when one of them takes a shine to the angel-faced schoolmarm. The city fathers of Loganville are understandably upset, since the loco outlaws have taken hostage the pretty schoolmarm along with her students. Enter Edge. Never a man to back down from a challenge, especially when it's attached to a reward, the man called Edge agrees to go back to school and teach the delinquent desperadoes a bloody lesson in vengeance.

Wildwood is a nowhere town in the dirt of the vast New Mexico territory. Edge is going to put it on the map as the last place some poor fool tried to play him for a sucker. The ice-eyed half-breed's appetite for ven­geance has him teamed up with Harriet New­ton and Dinah McCall, a hot-blooded pair of hard women on the corpse-littered trail of a homicidal loser, who's bound for Mexico and a fortune in gold. But greed is as much a stranger to Edge as mercy. For Edge there's only justice—and its face is as ugly as Hell, as ugly as the bark of a Winchester, as ugly as death itself...

South of the border down Sonora way, the old mission bells were silent, the old Spanish church, derelict, and the aged priest, travel weary. But he shared his wine with a man called Edge. Who, throat dry as an arroyo in high summer, was in great need. Needed also some time to recover from a night of Mexican mayhem. A campfire-lit horror show of gunned-down bandits, a mutilated gringo bounty hunter and his squaw, naked and dead on the bloodied ground.

Four saddle-weary days out of El Paso, the farmstead was neat and tidy, the land well-worked and the folks welcoming. The only mean thing around came in the bottle of corn liquor that Edge shared with the old-timer whose wife and daughter were cooking up a mess of good hot food. Pretty much of a close-knit family, thought Edge. The sort who'd hang together in a crisis. Which came the next morning when Edge woke up with a head throbbing like an engine on a Mississippi riverboat. And found that the family was indeed hanging together—from a tree out front in their own yard.

Crooked Creek, Arizona. A one street town on the edge of disputed territory. The United States claimed it. The Mexicans claimed it. The Apaches considered it theirs by right of tradition. Major Jefferson Cutler knew it was his by right of purchase. Which was why he was hiring himself a private army. Which is why the man called Edge was reined in at one end of the street, watching and waiting. While at the other end, the US Army was likewise watching and waiting. And in the middle, men were killing each other.