Cattle thieves in the Old West were never easy to apprehend, but when, as in "Rain Valley," they are protected by a mountainous terrain, a lawman such as Burt Crownover must resort to wiliness and deception to gain secret access. These three novellas contain all the characteristic magic and power of Lauran Paine's Western stories, with the universal themes of learning from experience, respecting nature, and changing times and attitudes.