Ben, an innocent idealistic teen, wants more than anything else to be a cowboy, but when he lands a job as a cook's helper, he's soon surrounded by the rigors and realities of trail life. It's a dusty, brutal experience in which men drink and fight to escape the tedium, and survival depends on how quickly (and willingly) one can pull a trigger.

For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things.

This time, the legendary Zorro fights against evil-doers with the help of his beautiful wife, Elena, and their precocious young son, Joaquin. Alejandro De LaVega is torn between two worlds: his life as Zorro and his life as a family man. After Alejandro once again breaks his promise to stop wearing the mask, Elena leaves him, and she soon begins seeing Armand, a haughty French Count. But a mysterious explosion in the desert leads Zorro to believe...

With a history of feuding, the Franklin and Red Eagle families are well-known rivals in the lawless Western frontier. When disaster strikes, these two families will be forced to confront their many differences as lives hang in the balance.

Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....