Buffalo Soldier Books in Order

Ninth Cavalry sergeant Ben Carter returns to East Texas to visit his father. Racism and guilt over leaving home complicate the reunion, while his adopted brother Toby and his father’s former owner challenge his assumptions about family.

Sergeant Ben Carter and his Buffalo Soldiers are sent to protect Cactus Junction from cattle rustlers. Carrying out their mission in the West Texas town also means confronting local prejudice against the men charged with keeping its residents safe.

Ben Carter joins the 9th Cavalry after the Civil War but struggles with settlers’ racism. Given one last chance to save his career, he leads a detachment protecting those settlers from Comanche attacks.

Ben Carter expects a respite when his Buffalo Soldiers receive escort assignments near Fort Union. Payroll thieves, a dangerous cattle drive, and a shipment of gold turn supposedly light duties into missions that test his resourcefulness and his men's survival.

Ben Carter and his Buffalo Soldier detachment are ordered to help local authorities maintain peace in a New Mexico town. Their assignment places the soldiers alongside civilian law enforcement, extending their frontier responsibilities beyond ordinary military duties.

Ben Carter must pursue a dangerous Apache band while leading soldiers who have yet to prove themselves. The mission tests his command as he tries to complete the hunt without losing men whose abilities remain uncertain.

Pursuing an Apache band in New Mexico Territory, Ben Carter and his men discover that other deadly threats await them. Their mission becomes a rescue when they encounter a white cavalry detachment trapped near Dead Man's Gulch.

Shaken by a soldier's death, Ben Carter encounters an Apache youth searching for his kidnapped brother. Defying orders to return to Fort Union, he undertakes a rescue that tests his confidence and risks consequences beyond the outlaws he pursues.

Ben Carter escorts a survey party from New Mexico to Yosemite, where its work could influence the national parks system. An uncertain replacement soldier and dangers hidden beneath the valley's beauty turn a closely watched assignment into a difficult command.

Stopping in Trinity after escort duty, Ben Carter finds a sheriff threatened by a lynch mob and a fugitive loose in the mountains. As he helps restore order, troubling discoveries make him question whether he is serving justice.

Cattlemen and sheep ranchers clash over grazing land near Coultrie, drawing Ben Carter and his soldiers between hostile factions. With hired gunfighters escalating the violence, he must prevent a range dispute from becoming a war that engulfs innocent townspeople.

Ben Carter takes his Ninth Cavalry detachment into New Mexico's mountains to capture Grey Wolf, an Apache fighter known as the Ghost Warrior. A trail of violence and an elusive opponent make the mission harder than Carter anticipated.

Ben Carter and his Buffalo Soldiers expect a dull assignment retrieving their commander's piano after it is sent to the wrong fort. The journey to Fort Leavenworth instead becomes one of the unit's strangest and least predictable missions.

Two brothers dispute the division of their late father's ranch, threatening Oakton with a shooting war. Ben Carter arrives to help the sheriff, but hidden complications demand both his military judgment and his ability to negotiate peace.

Attacks on a railroad construction crew bring Ben Carter and his soldiers to the New Mexico border. With local Ute people blamed for the damage, he must protect the workers while preventing accusations from igniting a wider war.

Searching New Mexico's mountains for a missing geologist, Ben Carter encounters a boy raised in a secluded religious settlement. The child's fear of the soldiers points toward the lost expedition and forces Carter to confront prejudice on both sides.

Assigned to protect Yosemite as civilian park management falters, Ben Carter leads a Ninth Cavalry advance party into California. The Buffalo Soldiers face unfamiliar duties in a landscape whose natural beauty makes it a target for commercial exploitation.