A Gideon Johann Western Books in Order

New sheriff Gideon Johann hopes to settle into life in Last Stand, Colorado, with Abby and his daughter. But a stranger seeking revenge challenges his attempt to escape the past while the duties of law enforcement complicate his new beginning.

After eighteen years away, Gideon Johann returns to Last Stand, Colorado, wounded and close to death. His arrival reopens old grudges and unfinished relationships, offering a troubled Civil War veteran a difficult chance at redemption.

In 1880 Colorado, Sheriff Gideon Johann tries to help an old war companion rebuild his life. When a woman is murdered in Last Stand, Gideon uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the town and the people he is trying to protect.

Two murders divide Sheriff Gideon Johann’s attention between Last Stand and a painful chapter of his past. While his son-in-law protects a witness from a powerful saloonkeeper, Gideon seeks the family of a boy he killed during the war.

Vanishing cattle, a murdered ranch hand, and a bank robbery undermine Last Stand’s confidence in Sheriff Gideon Johann. As he confronts questions about his competence, approaching births bring further upheaval to his family and his deputy’s life.

Arriving sheepherders push Last Stand’s ranchers toward a range war while an aggressive new saloonkeeper adds to Sheriff Gideon Johann’s troubles. At home, the loss of an infant tests his family’s relationships and faith.

Haunted by his past, Gideon Johann reaches the unruly cattle town of Ellsworth, Kansas, and accepts work as a deputy. Amid the town's violence, a young woman offers a chance at peace that he may be unable to accept.

A respected citizen’s murder leaves Sheriff Gideon Johann and Deputy Finnie Ford juggling stolen Indigenous children and unruly prospectors. News that an old comrade has escaped prison forces Gideon to weigh duty against a deeply personal debt.