Dave Lloyd Books in Order

Matthew Tobyson pursues his father's dream of building a Montana ranch and passes his determination to his son Gable. After fighting in Korea, Gable returns to find that danger also threatens the family's own land.

Buffalo hunters Frank and Matthew work to finance a Yellowstone River horse ranch while raising their adopted son Toby. Plans to supply cavalry mounts encounter trouble when Stringer Jack's horse thieves interfere with their ambitions.

Toby Grounds grows up determined to preserve his adoptive fathers' dream of a Montana horse ranch. Military service in Cuba and China, bounty hunting, and another world war repeatedly draw him away from that ambition.

Two Confederate soldiers form a friendship on the battlefield and head west after the war. Their search for a future takes them through Texas Ranger service, Kansas buffalo hunting, and the challenges of Montana's gold camps.

In 1850, Robert Meldrum establishes a fur trading post on the Yellowstone River with young assistant Caleb Shaw. The dangerous journey and tensions surrounding trade with the Crow test their ability to survive on the frontier.

Civil War sharpshooter Ben Hite heads to Montana's goldfields, where organized criminals prey on miners. After rescuing orphaned children, he must protect them against both ruthless outlaws and the dangers of a harsh frontier winter.

After the Civil War, Caleb and Harvey pursue steamboat careers on the Missouri River while Storm hopes to reunite with her people. Pirates, former Confederate guerrillas, and commercial rivals complicate their journeys toward the western frontier.

Ben Hite and his companions search for a boy who survived the Mountain Meadows massacre and was sold into captivity. Their journey through Paiute and Navajo country brings them into conflict with militia forces and other pursuers.

Caleb Shaw enters the Missouri and Mississippi steamboat trade, accompanied by a rescued Native girl. While gang rivalries complicate life in St. Louis, apprenticeship and ambitious riverboat ventures offer opportunities shadowed by danger.

Ben Hite's family and former partners pursue a vendetta against his enemies, drawing Crow allies into the struggle. Their intersecting lives expand into detective work, medical ambitions, and dangerous journeys that carry the conflict beyond Montana.

Army sergeant Print Davis joins the 1911 pistol trials at Springfield Armory, where John Browning introduces him to a new Colt. Later service in Mexico and World War I tests the weapon and its user's resolve.

Six stories range from Montana’s vigilantes and turbulent gold camps to frontier encounters and imagined worlds. An Englishman faces a duel, a rider discovers trouble at a ranch, and a heart transplant raises unsettling questions about identity.

After killing a sheriff in Alzada, Bill McCarty flees across Montana with George Axelbee. Pursuit by the sheriff's son and bounty hunters intersects with the dangers of buffalo country and the Nez Perce flight from the army.

Expelled from the British army after a duel, James Hamilton escapes to America under a new name. Entering the fur trade, he confronts remote trading posts, warfare among tribes, and the demands of frontier survival.

Bill, Limpy, Jim, and Rich buy a ranch to raise buffalo as the animals approach extinction. New problems threaten their venture while Lynn Sloan pursues the robbers responsible for a Wells Fargo theft.