From the old west to contemporary New York these tales share one trait - lots of action and likable protagonists; an 18th century gunfighter ambushed and left for dead by unknown assailants, an army ranger out to prove that he isn't a coward, a real estate agent whose wife is kidnapped, a CIA agent tasked with smuggling a nuclear scientist out of cold war Russia, a New York shop owner who is determined to stand up against the Mafia, and a Vietnam sniper who discovers that his skills are required stateside.