The Wanted Man is a collection of eight short stories set in the American West and touches on themes of vengeance, abuse and honor. Texas Ranger Jud Nelson appears in the title story and receives some aid from an unlikely source in chasing down a killer. Outlaw Wesley Quaid discovers that not only is the law on his trail in the form of Ranger Jud Nelson but a hired assassin has been paid to kill him. Is Texas big enough for the three of them?

The outlaw Wesley Quaid wants to put his past behind him and start his life anew in another place where no one has ever heard of him. When a mysterious person he once knew resurfaces, Wesley discovers that a man can't run from the past anymore than he can run from the kind of man he has become.