The three novellas collected here showcase Max Brand s outstanding ability to create living, breathing characters whose unforgettable exploits linger long after the last page is turned. In The Canon Coward, you ll meet Harry Clonnell, a tracker who refuses to carry a gun and shuns violence yet has somehow earned the reputation of one of the most notorious bandits around. Outlaw Lefty Richards is put in quite a bind when his dying friend asks him to turn over his guns to the local sheriff in A Wolf Among Dogs. And Speedy, one of Brand s most enduring characters, takes on the job of sheriff in Seven-Day Lawman a job where no man has ever lasted longer than a week."