Animas Forks Western Books in Order
Part ofRobert Peecher Books in OrderFind the Animas Forks Western books by Robert Peecher in order, with quick summaries, boomtown series notes, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: June 8, 2026
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Publication Order
12 books
The Claim Jumpers
by Robert Peecher
2018
Gold claims bring money, envy, and men willing to kill for both. In Animas Forks, a fight over stolen ground puts prospectors, gunmen, and the camp's fragile order on a collision course.
The Drifter and the Colt
by Robert Peecher
2018
Cardsharp and gunfighter Bell Rogers takes a job guarding a wagonload of guns and winds up tangled with drifter Charlie Wilson. Their road to Animas Forks brings trouble, ambush, and a partnership that may get them both killed.
The Drifter and the Grudge
by Robert Peecher
2018
Bell Rogers wants a place to winter, but Animas Forks offers trouble instead of rest. When Colonel Wall Brandt squeezes the women who work for him, Bell must decide whether to stay clear or take on the camp's most dangerous power.
The Marshal and the Vigilance Committee
by Robert Peecher
2018
Animas Forks is growing faster than its rules, and Adam Barton finds a badge is never simple in a boomtown. When frustrated citizens turn to vigilante justice, the camp edges toward chaos and bloodshed.
The Search Party
by Robert Peecher
2018
In a mountain camp where people vanish easily, a search turns into a test of loyalty and nerve. Animas Forks sends men into dangerous country, and what they find threatens to tear the camp apart.
The Two-Gun Carpenter
by Robert Peecher
2018
In 1870s Colorado, former lawman Adam Barton tries to settle down as a carpenter in the growing camp of Animas Forks. But a friend's trouble and a town full of prospectors, gamblers, and predators pull him back toward the gun.
Lightning in the Whirlwind
by Robert Peecher
2019
War comes to Animas Forks at last as hired gunmen march on the camp. To save what they have built, Barton and the town's misfits have to stand and fight through the storm.
The Colonel's Gamble
by Robert Peecher
2019
Colonel Wall Brandt never met a risk he would not price into the game. But in Animas Forks, a bold wager for power and profit could cost him the town he helped build.
The Gathering Storm
by Robert Peecher
2019
Old enemies return to Animas Forks with plans to take the camp before winter closes in. Barton, Judge Spivey, and Colonel Brandt must work together before the boomtown is swallowed by open war.
The Lady and the Killers
by Robert Peecher
2019
Adam Barton is a wanted man, and the woman he loves may have led killers straight to him. In Animas Forks, new arrivals mean fresh opportunity for some and deadly danger for others.
The Preacher's Westward Trek
by Robert Peecher
2019
A preacher heading west finds the trail harsher than faith alone can handle. As danger closes in and ideals meet frontier reality, the journey turns into a hard test of courage and endurance.
The Singer's Regret
by Robert Peecher
2019
A singer arrives carrying old wounds and fresh trouble. In a boomtown that feeds on weakness, regret can be as dangerous as a gun, and the past refuses to stay buried.
Series background & context
The Animas Forks books are set in a rough mining camp high in the Colorado mountains during the 1870s. The real Animas Forks was a boomtown, but Robert Peecher's version is larger, meaner, and much busier, the kind of place where prospectors, gamblers, drifters, saloon girls, merchants, and gunfighters all come looking for a break.
One of the smartest things about the series is that it does not lean on just one hero. Adam Barton matters a lot, a former lawman who would rather work with his hands than keep wearing a badge, but the town around him is just as important. Judge Spivey, Colonel Wall Brandt, Bell Rogers, Albert Hutchinson, and the rest give the books an ensemble feel, with different people stepping into the foreground as the camp grows more crowded and more dangerous.
That shifting focus is the point.
Some books read like straight frontier action, some like a town-under-pressure drama, and some like a boomtown mystery where everyone has a motive. Claim disputes, search parties, grudges, missing people, hired killers, and hard winters all shape what happens here. As the series goes on, the local fights start adding up into something bigger, a struggle over who gets to own the camp, run it, and survive in it.
If you like Westerns with a strong sense of place, this series has it. The mud, snow, greed, noise, and thin mountain air all matter. So does the constant feeling that law is being invented on the fly. Start with The Two-Gun Carpenter if you want to watch the camp come together from the ground up. From there, the fun is seeing how each new arrival changes the balance.
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