American Post-Civil War Westerns Books in Order

Sheriff Dean Coleman uncovers a plot to destroy a bridge beneath a train carrying gold. With militia fighters threatening his county, he joins a widow seeking revenge and races to prevent a robbery that could kill hundreds.

Ranch hand Cole Tyler and Clare Whitley pursue the outlaw holding Clare's brother hostage. His demand for a lost Spanish treasure sends them across dangerous frontier country, where finding the captive and surviving the journey become inseparable challenges.

When Running Deer's wife and daughter are kidnapped for human exhibitions, he turns to his old friend Colton Day. The veteran must confront traffickers whose profitable trade depends on violence, coercion and the denial of their captives' freedom.

Colton Day leaves his former sheriff's life behind in search of peace. A prison break brings the Mantooth gang back to Temple Ridge, forcing him into a deadly pursuit of outlaws determined to destroy him and the town he once protected.

Gunslinger Dan Roberts discovers that outlaws have murdered his father and brother in retaliation for a duel. Searching for his surviving family, he gains an ally in May Pierce and follows a gang whose influence keeps spreading.

Levi Clay's search for answers about his father's death leads to a town controlled by outlaw Pete Ramsey. With corrupt lawmen protecting the gang, Levi joins Ramsey's trapped wife in a dangerous effort to expose and resist him.

In 1868, scout Drake Sagewater helps settlers travel toward California after a deadly raid. Alongside Navajo scout Bold Rover, he pursues a renegade whose attacks threaten to provoke a lasting conflict between settlers and Apache communities.

Miner Miles McLean returns to a burned town and joins Lucie Pickard in pursuing the outlaw responsible for her sister's death. Their hunt crosses the Arizona desert, where isolated settlements and relentless violence make justice difficult to reach.

Stagecoach driver Ben Daniel pursues a colleague who arranged a robbery that killed five people, including his sweetheart's father. His determination to bring the gang to justice draws him across a dangerous frontier where loyalty carries a heavy cost.

After a train robbery kills his closest friend, Marshal Caleb Maddox hunts the nine members of the Harvey gang. A runaway bride becomes entangled in his pursuit, forcing him to protect her while tracking killers scattered across Indian Territory.

Sixteen-year-old Blaze Mowbray faces a mining district's collapse and an outlaw's attempts to lure him into crime. When rumors of hidden gold send armed men after departing wagons, he must protect his adoptive family and the future he hopes to share.

Former lawman Colton Day faces another threat to Temple Ridge when rancher Birch Simmons kills the town’s mayor. Bringing the wealthy killer to justice tests Colton’s resolve after earlier battles with gangs and kidnappers.

Crow Woodruff leaves an abusive freighting employer and starts his own wagon business. When his success threatens Lawrence Bain’s control of New Mexico’s supply routes, the rival sends gunmen to destroy Crow’s livelihood and independence.

Deputy Lucas Butler leaves East Texas to hunt the seven outlaws responsible for his family’s deaths. His pursuit brings him together with Ramona Cowley, whose own losses give her reason to confront the same gang.

Fifteen years after losing his parents in a Comanche raid, Mitchell Rankin joins the Frontier Battalion to bring order to South Texas. His pursuit of vengeance leads toward a dangerous enemy operating along the border.

Buffalo hunter Reed Morrow pursues the outlaw responsible for his friend’s murder across Kansas. Joined by Celia Arnold, whose family also suffered, he faces winter, frontier violence and the consequences of the buffalo slaughter.

After a brutal Wyoming winter kills his parents, seventeen-year-old Garret Brassfield struggles to keep his family’s ranch alive. A ruthless buyer then targets desperate cattlemen, threatening Garret’s home and his future with Lina Gainey.

After serving in the Union Army, Damon Jarret sets out to honor a promise to a fallen comrade. Returning an heirloom to the dead man’s missing relatives becomes the purpose of his life after the war.

Star Holiday flees toward her Colorado family after killing her violent outlaw husband. A pursuing marshal begins questioning her guilt as members of her husband’s gang also close in, determined to make her pay.

Released from prison, Hollis Coleman returns to Greenville hoping to escape his outlaw past. A relative’s murder draws him back toward the Clyburn gang, forcing him to confront former associates while pursuing justice and a new future.

Lawyer Creed Cooley returns to his Texas family ranch to face a murder accusation, his mother’s illness and a bitter neighboring feud. An alliance with his enemy’s daughter offers hope as outlaw involvement threatens a range war.

Sixteen-year-old Danny Thompson struggles to support his family when the outlaws linked to his father’s death return. Their offer of heist money forces him to weigh revenge, survival, and the person he wants to become.

Beth Huntington inherits a railroad empire when her husband dies, leaving her to protect their son and business. Heading west, she confronts competitors who will use violence to prevent a woman from succeeding in their world.

Confederate veteran Owen Kirkland arrives in Buffalo Springs hoping to start again. Finding a Texas town controlled by a brutal judge and his gunmen, he challenges an empire built on mining profits, intimidation and trapped townspeople.

June Hollister learns that the father she believed had disappeared was a bounty hunter killed by the Silver Wolf Gang. Seeking revenge, she teams with sharpshooting rancher Axel Thorne, whose past holds secrets of its own.

Sentinel marshal Payne Conway clashes with businessman Sam Horton over plans that threaten the railroad town. When former employee Clementine Boyd arrives seeking her missing sister, they join forces against Horton and his armed followers.

Former outlaw Brick Driggers has rebuilt his life as a preacher and family man in Oregon. When his old gang demands another job amid rising conflict between miners and Northern Paiutes, everything he values faces danger.

Photographer Stone Tobin is raising his adopted son when he encounters Hazel, a woman trapped with an outlaw husband. His decision to help her tests his courage and the lessons about justice he wants his son to learn.

Former lawman Jebediah lost his wife to murder and his son to kidnapping. Years later, the outlaw responsible returns with the boy, forcing Jebediah to reclaim his badge while confronting his son’s loyalty to another father.

Secret Service agent Merit Malone follows stolen payroll gold into a town hiding murder and counterfeit money. With a sheriff blaming an Apache woman, Merit must challenge powerful interests protected by the community’s fearful silence.

Deputy Martin Gentry investigates a fatal rigged horse race in a Colorado gold town. As the victim’s daughter Jessica demands justice, he confronts businessman McCain’s elaborate con and the danger surrounding anyone who challenges it.

Outlaw Hurricane Hawkins escapes hanging only by accepting an assignment to hunt the Deadly Eight gang. Facing death if he fails, he encounters Charlotte and a chance to reconsider the life that brought him to the gallows.

Former sheriff Matt Claymore abandoned his badge after his wife’s death. Five years later, a ruthless cattle baron threatens his Texas town and a neighboring Comanche village, forcing Matt to confront the life he left behind.

Thorn Carter left an outlaw gang to build a quiet life near Eden Springs. When his former companions return disguised as Cheyenne raiders, their attacks threaten settlers and inflame hatred toward a schoolteacher and her people.

Years after being falsely accused of murder, aging gunman Orson Cain reaches Cottonridge with an injured shooting hand. Conflict over irrigation and freight routes draws him toward a marshal using violence to control the town’s resources.

Sheriff Scott Jackson rides to investigate his twin brother’s shooting in a nearby Texas town. A powerful land baron’s intimidation campaign threatens local farmers, including the family of the woman Scott loves, as violence spreads.

Drifter Zane Hollister arrives in a new valley after the ranch where he worked is destroyed. A struggling widow hires him at Cold River Ranch, giving the grieving rifleman a chance to help protect a family’s future.

Imprisoned former Army scout Jess Larkin accepts a presidential pardon in exchange for hunting a ruthless outlaw. Protecting Nora Evans makes the assignment personal as he pursues a dangerous man and a chance to regain his freedom.