B.N. Rundell Books in Order

Trey Standingelk, an Arapahoe boy isolated by his disability, finds companionship in a wild mustang. With his friend Skye, he begins training the horse, discovering new possibilities and difficult challenges in the world of competitive reining.

After slave catchers kill the man who raised him, Jeremiah Thompsett promises to free his mentor's enslaved family. Leaving the mountains with trusted companions, he faces a dangerous journey across the country to honor that final obligation.

Jeremiah Thompsett and Broken Shield promise Black Kettle they will find a new winter home for his people. Their search leads toward land contested by the Crow and Blackfeet, where securing refuge could bring another deadly conflict.

Another promise sends Jeremiah Thompsett west with Broken Shield and Laughing Waters. Joining settlers and missionaries on a wagon train, they encounter tragedy and wilderness dangers that threaten their journey and Jeremiah's hopes of reuniting with his beloved.

After tragedy on a westward journey, J.W. Harpold heads south and finds work and love in Texas. His hopes for a family face resistance from bitter relatives, frontier violence, and the demands of ranch life.

Caleb's journey to the Medicine Wheel is meant to help him understand his future and passage into adulthood. When he returns to learn his sweetheart has been kidnapped, he joins his father and Scratch in a desperate rescue.

Stagecoach guard Talon Thompsett abandons his duties when two women and a boy are taken captive by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. With no one else willing to help, he pursues their captors and faces a leader driven by vengeance.

Clancy and Caleb leave the mountains hoping city life will ease their grief, only to discover that distance offers little comfort. New friendships and an unexpected opportunity draw them back toward the Medicine Bow to rebuild their lives.

An injured Talon Thompsett struggles to reach home after a stagecoach wreck in a Colorado unsettled by violence following Sand Creek. His wife Ginny sets out to find him, relying on James Beckwourth's help through dangerous country.

Grieving the loss of his wife and child, Tyrell heads south with his Ute friend Grey Wolf. Work as a scout for Kit Carson at Fort Garland brings new connections and conflicts that challenge his uncertain future.

Caleb, his wife, and their friends attempt to establish a Wyoming ranch despite having little experience. Between Ute and Cheyenne lands, they must contend with harsh weather, predators, and armed conflict while building a home together.

Tatum Saint's plans for a quiet mountain home change when an elk stampede leaves two escaped slaves injured. After caring for the siblings, he must join a rescue when the girl is kidnapped, facing new dangers with unexpected allies.

Orphaned Tatum Saint heads toward the Rockies to pursue his father's dream of freedom and solitude. Encounters with endangered travelers, a community suffering smallpox, and captives in need of rescue force him to decide what responsibility he owes strangers.

Tate Saint replaces a drunken, bullying scout and guides a wagon train toward South Pass. The dismissed man and his accomplices pursue the travelers with plans for murder and theft, leaving Tate responsible for protecting families crossing dangerous country.

Tate Saint joins Old Bill Williams on Fremont's winter expedition through the mountains despite warnings about the route. Deep snow, bitter cold, and reckless leadership turn the journey into a struggle for survival far from his family.

Returning from World War I, Tom Turner brings his wife and children to his parents' ranch after finding them dead. He hopes to rebuild their lives, but approaching Christmas brings fresh obstacles to the family's recovery.

Grieving his wife, Tate Saint agrees to help Maggie O'Shaunessy find her missing father in the Rockies. Their search through dangerous mountain country forces the reluctant guide and determined young woman to depend on each other.

After the Civil War, Tyrell and Grey Wolf establish a ranch with their families near the San Juan Mountains. A cattle drive from New Mexico exposes their new livelihood to Comanchero outlaws and the dangers of the frontier.

Tate Saint moves his family toward the Wind River mountains as conflict spreads. After a wagon train massacre, a scouting assignment draws him into a campaign of vengeance that threatens settlers and his own loved ones.

A widowed gunsmith and her twins need help reaching California after an attack strands them. Tate Saint offers assistance, but violence and the hazards of mountain travel put both families' survival to the test.

Tate Saint returns to the mountains determined to leave civilization behind. Guided north by an experienced mountain man, he encounters unfamiliar peoples, dangerous renegades, and a young woman who challenges his plans for a solitary life.

Tate Saint and his son Sean scout for a buffalo-hunting expedition of inexperienced young men. Recklessness and dangerous crossings complicate the journey, while a captive girl's plight draws father and son into a rescue.

A family trip to Santa Fe becomes a military assignment when Kit Carson recruits Tate Saint. As the campaign against the Navajo destroys homes and food supplies, Tate and Sean try to help end the fighting.

Summoned by Kit Carson during the Civil War, Tate Saint finds himself scouting in a campaign against the Apache. Harsh orders test his conscience, while the unforgiving desert threatens to defeat even his mountain skills.

A journey to explore the northern wilderness turns dangerous when violence spreads through the Absaroka mountains. With his family threatened, Tate Saint must overcome an ambush, difficult terrain, and his own doubts to reach them.

While Tate guides troops east, Sean prepares to scout for the forces remaining at Fort Laramie. His friend White Fox's capture forces him to balance a rescue with efforts to prevent wider conflict on the plains.

An avalanche leaves Sean and White Fox caring for children rescued from a wagon train. As their scattered family tries to reunite, they must find homes for the youngsters and prevent further conflict along the Oregon Trail.

After rescuing a Nez Percé warrior, the travelers set out to return him to his people. The Bitterroot country brings natural hazards and familiar enemies, while a new threat turns their journey into a struggle for survival.

Gabriel Stonecroft and Ezra head west while a powerful enemy offers a reward for Gabriel's death. Encounters with a runaway captive and Osage warriors complicate their plans as bounty hunters and pirates close in.

A duel fought to defend his sister forces Gabriel Stonecroft to flee west with his lifelong friend Ezra. Unprepared for frontier life, the two face bounty hunters, river pirates, and dangers that test their friendship.

A Blackfoot war leader's attack leaves a Kutenai village devastated and encourages further raids. Spirit Bear and Black Buffalo pursue the war party, entering a conflict driven by rivalry, ambition, and the desire for revenge.

Two friends exploring Louisiana Territory finally glimpse the Rocky Mountains after traveling through unfamiliar lands. Their journey brings encounters with Plains peoples and constant wilderness dangers as they press toward the country they have long imagined.

Gabe and Ezra join their Salish friends for a buffalo hunt before winter. Discovering a massacred Paiute village and abducted girls transforms the expedition into a pursuit across the dangerous Snake River plains.

Gabe and Ezra resume exploring the western wilderness with their Shoshone wives. When renegade fur traders begin raiding Native villages, the friends stand against them, risking their families and their dreams in a violent confrontation.

Gabriel Stonecroft leaves the Rockies to settle unfinished business, traveling down the Missouri with a wolf as his companion. River attacks and the schemes awaiting him in civilization threaten his obligations to his father's memory.

Gabe and Ezra scout for a Shoshone gathering, but rivalries and raids disrupt the reunion. A mission to recover captive girls draws them deeper into conflict, while Gabe encounters a formidable woman who challenges him.

Gabe and Ezra travel north with their wives to explore unfamiliar mountain country. Their friendships with the Shoshone draw them into a war against raiders, forcing them to weigh the cost of defending their allies.

Escaping bounty hunters, Gabe Stone and Ezra Blackwell travel west and confront traders holding Pawnee women captive. New alliances lead them toward another dangerous choice when Spanish soldiers and a band of escaped slaves cross their path.

Gabe and his companions expect a quiet winter in their cabin, but a grizzly and nearby conflict upset their plans. When raiders steal valuable mares, a trading journey becomes a personal fight to recover them.

Gabe and Ezra head to Santa Fe for supplies, only to uncover a trade in captives after a massacre. An ambush draws them into a rescue complicated by slave traders and men posing as soldiers.

A winter buffalo hunt with the Ute attracts Comanche raiders and begins a cycle of violence. When rival Arapaho arrive, Gabe and his companions face reprisals from warriors who hold them responsible for mounting losses.

A visit to family draws Gabe and his companions into conflict with Spanish gold seekers in the Sawatch mountains. When prospectors try to enslave the Ute, Ezra's determination to oppose slavery turns their journey into battle.

Discharged after being wounded, Union sharpshooter Reuben Grundy returns to a burned farm and a murdered family. His pursuit of the men responsible takes him across four states, following outlaws who committed their crimes under the guise of military service.

Traveling west with a wagon train, Reuben Grundy uncovers a scheme involving stolen rifles and discovers that military protection cannot be counted on. A widening conspiracy threatens the travelers while an unexpected romance gives him another reason to survive.

Called to South Park to confront the Reynolds Gang, marshal Reuben Grundy encounters Confederate guerrillas, complacent authorities, and miners ready to take justice into their own hands. Restoring order threatens the quiet life he wants with Elly.

Reuben and Elly try to keep settlers and gold seekers from overrunning Ute lands in the San Luis Valley. Disagreements over treaties and a coveted treasure map intensify tensions, leaving the marshals struggling to prevent another outbreak of violence.

Reuben and Elly reluctantly continue their work as marshals while stage routes expand through contested country. Land disputes and raids by former Confederates make protecting passengers and gold shipments increasingly difficult, threatening the peace they hope to find.

Reuben and Elly leave their duties behind for a secluded mountain cabin, but a raid shatters their retreat. When Elly and their friends are captured, Reuben must face hostile fighters, smugglers, rogue soldiers, and severe weather to rescue them.

As families move west in 1864, broken treaties and forced reservations deepen conflict with Native peoples. Reuben and Elly confront rebels, ambitious politicians, and violent soldiers while trying to contain unrest that threatens to become a wider catastrophe.

After rescuing two captive women, Reuben and Elly take responsibility for protecting a gold shipment needed by the Union. Confederate forces and outlaws threaten their mission, while two orphaned children place unexpected demands on their uncertain future together.

Reuben and Elly hope for peace in the San Luis Valley as Ouray pursues a treaty at Fort Garland. Opposition among Ute groups and mounting incursions onto their land challenge the marshals' authority and threaten renewed bloodshed.

A mountain journey brings Reuben and Elly into the South Park gold rush, where mutilated bodies spread fear. Joining a posse, Reuben must protect innocent suspects from a lynching while an experienced mountain man helps track the real killers.

Searching for his missing stepsons, Elijah McCain encounters stolen gold claims, murder, and vigilante justice. His promise to his late wife becomes harder to fulfill as threatened children and conflict with the Sioux draw him into new dangers.

Learning that his stepsons escaped a ship in Monterey, Elijah McCain joins a drive carrying hundreds of horses north for the army. The long, dangerous journey offers a chance to earn money and bring the boys home.

Former Union officer Elijah McCain follows his missing stepsons into Montana's gold country. Outlaws, ineffective lawmen, and vigilantes complicate the search, forcing him to choose between pursuing his personal mission and helping people caught in the violence.

Elijah McCain's search for his stepsons takes him across the Cascades with a freight train on the hazardous Naches Trail. After a massacre, Confederate holdouts targeting a gold shipment force him into another fight to protect others.

Discovering that his stepsons have been kidnapped and forced aboard a clipper ship, Elijah McCain follows the Siskiyou Trail in pursuit. Bandits, stranded settlers, and displaced Native people complicate his journey and test his promise to bring them home.

Union officer Elijah McCain returns from war to find his wife dying. Her request that he recover their missing twin boys sends him west, where a personal promise draws him into the dangers and conflicts of an unsettled frontier.

Reunited with his stepsons, Elijah McCain is asked to lead scouts for Forsyth and Custer. Broken treaties and the displacement of Native people pull him toward fresh conflict as he struggles to reconcile military duty with his desire for peace.

Cordell Beckett accepts a federal marshal's appointment while still pursuing the men who destroyed his family. Rescuing an abducted woman takes him through outlaw gold camps and tests the boundary between public duty and personal revenge.

Elijah McCain and Charlie Two Toes guide a wagon train toward Montana's goldfields along the Bridger Trail. After war and personal loss, McCain sees the possibility of a new life, but the journey threatens both travelers and hopes.

After bushwhackers murder his family, Cordell Beckett follows their trail west with a Bible and a pistol. An alliance with a displaced Ute woman helps him survive while he struggles between forgiveness and revenge.

Deputy marshal Cordell Beckett and Tabitha Townsend pursue the men responsible for devastating their families. Their trail leads toward Montezuma, where gold fever and desperate outlaws make enforcing the law a dangerous undertaking.

Three years after the destruction of his home and family, Cordell Beckett pursues vengeance into western gold country. With his dog beside him, he closes on his enemies while doubts threaten the purpose driving his journey.

Cordell Beckett hopes to put vengeance aside and serve as a lawman, but new tragedy sends him after outlaw Moses Young. The pursuit through southern Colorado tests his resolve and blurs the line between duty and revenge.

When an outlaw abducts Lone Eagle, the Ute shaman who has chosen him as her partner, Cordell Beckett rides to rescue her. His pursuit leads toward Saguache, where gold fever and mounting tensions multiply the danger.

Deputy marshal Cordell Beckett tries to enforce the law as prospectors invade Ute land and settlers dispute homesteads. With warriors preparing resistance, he must build trust across divided communities before local conflicts become open war.

Deputy marshal Cordell Beckett faces treaty disputes, claim jumpers, and cattle thieves amid Colorado's expanding gold camps. Each assignment tests his endurance and pushes his hopes for a peaceful ranch and family further away.

Raised near the Cherokee town of Chota, Colton Frazier dreams of becoming a longhunter like his father. Venturing into Kentucke's backcountry, he discovers how severely the wilderness can test his knowledge, determination, and respect for its people.

After his family is murdered, gunsmith Jedediah Stroud enters the Kentucke wilderness with a fellow grieving hunter. A conspiracy targeting settlers forces him to confront the conflict between his faith and his desire for vengeance.