First work originally published: New York : Zebra Books, 1987. Second work originally published: New York : Kensington Pub., 1986.

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. THE LAW OF THE LAST MAN STANDING. His country burning with war, his family shattered, a young man strikes off on his own and builds a legend with his fists, a pistol, knife, and long gun. This collection includes the classic westerns Trail of the Mountain Man and Return of the Mountain Man, long unavailable and here together for the first time in one action-packed volume . . . Where There's Gold, There's Blood, Bullets, and Smoke. When the Missouri farm boy named Jensen came west, he started fighting, surviving, and learning every brutal step of the way. He learned from a mountain man named Preacher. He learned from Indians. And from outlaws. And he learned that nothing burns the souls of men faster than the lure of glimmering gold. From one ramshackle frontier mountain town to another, Smoke sees gold strikesand gold feverdrawing crooks and cold-blooded killers from across the nation. Faced with an explosion of horrifying violencealong with some demons from his pastSmoke has no choice but to lay down the law. Once he does, it doesnt matter how many men and guns the outlaws bring. Because if Smoke Jensen has learned anything, its this: in a vast, savage land, you dont back down, dont give up, and dont stop shooting until the last bad man goes to his Maker.