Edge (Terry Harknett) Books in Order
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Edge (Terry Harknett) books in publication order
61 books
Apache Death
by Terry Harknett
1972
A town-under-siege showdown tests Edge against Apache violence and the even uglier instincts of the white men around him.
Blood on Silver
by Terry Harknett
1972
Silver country promises profit, but Edge finds the usual mix of greed, ambush, and sudden death.
Killer's Breed
by Terry Harknett
1972
The series turns back to Edge's Civil War past, where survival, bloodshed, and bitterness shaped the man he became.
Ten Grand
by Terry Harknett
1972
Edge goes after ten thousand dollars and the kind of trouble money always attracts in the frontier West.
The Loner
by Terry Harknett
1972
Returning from the Civil War to find his brother murdered and his home destroyed, Edge begins the brutal vendetta that makes his name.
Black Vengeance
by Terry Harknett
1973
Edge crosses paths with a revenge plot dark enough to match the title and deadly enough to trap everyone nearby.
Bloody Summer
by Terry Harknett
1973
Heat, tension, and a rising body count make this one of Edge's nastier seasonal rides.
California Killing
by Terry Harknett
1973
Edge heads west and rides into the kind of California dream that bleeds fast.
Seven Out of Hell
by Terry Harknett
1973
Outnumbered and badly placed, Edge faces a near-impossible survival job with enemies stacked all around him.
The Blue, the Grey and the Red
by Terry Harknett
1973
Civil War hatred, prison misery, and frontier brutality collide in one of Edge's darkest war-bound adventures.
A Town Called Hate
by Terry Harknett
1974
Edge rides into a place whose name tells the truth, then has to live through what it means.
Big Gold
by Terry Harknett
1974
The lure of rich strike money draws out greed, treachery, and enough killing to poison the whole camp.
Sioux Uprising
by Terry Harknett
1974
War on the plains leaves Edge navigating chaos where soldiers and Sioux alike can kill without warning.
The Biggest Bounty
by Terry Harknett
1974
A fortune on someone's head turns the frontier into a feeding frenzy, and Edge is right in the middle of it.
Blood Run
by Terry Harknett
1975
What starts as movement across hard country becomes a full-bore run through blood and gunfire.
The Final Shot
by Terry Harknett
1975
Edge heads toward a showdown where timing matters more than mercy.
Vengeance Valley
by Terry Harknett
1975
A valley already rich in grudges turns into perfect ground for Edge's kind of justice.
Ashes and Dust
by Terry Harknett
1976
Burned hopes and blasted country frame another harsh ride through aftermath and revenge.
Sullivan's Law
by Terry Harknett
1976
Somebody thinks his own rules outrank the law, and Edge is bound to test that claim the hard way.
Ten Tombstones to Texas
by Terry Harknett
1976
The trail south is lined with bodies, and Edge knows there is room for more.
Echoes of War
by Terry Harknett
1977
The war may be over, but its noise still follows Edge into another deadly reckoning.
Rhapsody in Red
by Terry Harknett
1977
Violence comes with a dark flourish as Edge rides into a case where blood keeps setting the tempo.
Slaughter Road
by Terry Harknett
1977
The road ahead is straight, ugly, and likely lined with corpses before Edge is done with it.
The Day Democracy Died
by Terry Harknett
1977
Power, fear, and mob rule twist frontier politics into something lethal, and Edge walks straight into it.
Death Drive
by Terry Harknett
1978
What should be a ride becomes a relentless push through danger, pursuit, and killing.
Eve of Evil
by Terry Harknett
1978
On the brink of disaster, Edge finds men and women already leaning toward the worst.
Savage Dawn
by Terry Harknett
1978
Sunrise brings no peace, only fresh brutality and another hard day's survival for Edge.
The Living, the Dying and the Dead
by Terry Harknett
1978
Edge moves through a landscape where no one stays safely in only one of those states for long.
Violence Trail
by Terry Harknett
1978
The trail speaks plainly this time, promising trouble at every stop and delivering it.
Red Fury
by Terry Harknett
1979
Anger and bloodshed drive this one at full speed, with Edge caught in the center of the storm.
The Frightened Gun
by Terry Harknett
1979
Fear makes bad gunmen worse, and Edge has to guess who will break first.
The Guilty Ones
by Terry Harknett
1979
Edge hits a case where blame is everywhere and innocence may not matter much.
Waiting for a Train
by Terry Harknett
1979
A pause in travel becomes a trap when delay gives violence time to gather.
A Ride in the Sun
by Terry Harknett
1980
Daylight gives no safety when the ride itself is lined with enemies.
Death Deal
by Terry Harknett
1980
A bargain is struck under deadly terms, and Edge knows the price will rise fast.
Massacre Mission
by Terry Harknett
1981
Edge takes on a job that sounds bad from the start and grows bloodier by the mile.
Town on Trial
by Terry Harknett
1981
A whole community stands accused in one way or another, and Edge gets caught in the verdict.
Vengeance at Ventura
by Terry Harknett
1981
In Ventura, old scores sharpen into fresh killing and Edge helps settle them the only lasting way.
Montana Melodrama
by Terry Harknett
1982
Big country does not soften big trouble, and Montana gives Edge another rough stage for violence.
The Killing Claim
by Terry Harknett
1982
Land, ownership, and greed push people toward murder, with Edge too close to every side.
The Prisoners
by Terry Harknett
1982
Captivity, shifting control, and desperate escapes keep Edge boxed in with dangerous company.
Arapaho Revenge
by Terry Harknett
1983
Edge gets caught in a revenge fight that reaches beyond one man and deep into tribal and frontier conflict.
Bloody Sunrise
by Terry Harknett
1983
Dawn breaks over a scene already primed for ambush, revenge, and swift death.
House on the Range
by Terry Harknett
1983
A place that ought to offer shelter instead becomes the center of another deadly contest.
The Blind Side
by Terry Harknett
1983
A threat nobody reads correctly until too late leaves Edge reacting under pressure.
The Godforsaken
by Terry Harknett
1984
Edge rides through hard country full of bad people and fewer reasons to hope.
The Moving Cage
by Terry Harknett
1984
Confinement does not stay still here, and Edge has to survive while control keeps shifting.
Revenge Ride
by Terry Harknett
1985
A hard ride powered by score-settling and relentless violence, exactly the kind of country Edge understands.
School For Slaughter
by Terry Harknett
1985
Someone is learning the frontier's ugliest lessons, and Edge gets dragged into the teaching.
Shadow of the Gallows
by Terry Harknett
1985
Hanging justice looms over this one, with Edge moving under the threat of rope and retribution.
A Time For Killing
by Terry Harknett
1986
Circumstance strips away delay and leaves only one brutal window for action.
Brutal Border
by Terry Harknett
1986
Border country magnifies every feud, and Edge knows it only takes one spark to turn it murderous.
Backshot
by Terry Harknett
1987
When Edge finds a sick man digging a grave in Wyoming, he knows he is riding into trouble that is already half-buried.
Doom Town
by Terry Harknett
1987
Holderville is a dying Texas town, but when Edge rides in he discovers gunplay is one industry still showing healthy growth.
Hitting Paydirt
by Terry Harknett
1987
A lucky strike draws the usual greed, lies, and bullets, leaving Edge to survive the rush.
Uneasy Riders
by Terry Harknett
1987
Horse theft, escaped outlaws, and a dangerous woman turn a simple trail encounter into another uneasy bloodbath for Edge.
Dying is for Ever
by Terry Harknett
1988
In a place called Utopia, Edge hunts a man believed dead and stirs up old wounds that are ready to bleed again.
Terror Town
by Terry Harknett
1988
A respectable Oregon town starts hanging its own, and Edge rides into the panic just as bad law becomes murder.
The Desperadoes
by Terry Harknett
1988
A bank robbery in progress catches Edge at exactly the wrong moment, and he ends up tied to four hard old-timer outlaws.
The Breed Woman
by Terry Harknett
1989
In a shabby Oregon lumber town, Edge watches a half-breed woman traded in a poker game and knows the ugliness is about to spread.
The Rifle
by Terry Harknett
1989
A forced sale, vigilante law, and a hanging at noon make Serrano Dinero a dangerous place for Edge to arrive.
Edge (Terry Harknett) books in chronological order

The Loner
by Terry Harknett
1972Edge, Book 1
Ten Grand
by Terry Harknett
1972Edge, Book 2
Apache Death
by Terry Harknett
1972Edge, Book 3
Killer's Breed
by Terry Harknett
1972Edge, Book 4
Blood on Silver
by Terry Harknett
1972Edge, Book 5
The Blue, the Grey and the Red
by Terry Harknett
1973Edge, Book 6
California Killing
by Terry Harknett
1973Edge, Book 7
Seven Out of Hell
by Terry Harknett
1973Edge, Book 8
Bloody Summer
by Terry Harknett
1973Edge, Book 9
Black Vengeance
by Terry Harknett
1973Edge, Book 10
Sioux Uprising
by Terry Harknett
1974Edge, Book 11
The Biggest Bounty
by Terry Harknett
1974Edge, Book 12
A Town Called Hate
by Terry Harknett
1974Edge, Book 13
Big Gold
by Terry Harknett
1974Edge, Book 14
Blood Run
by Terry Harknett
1975Edge, Book 15
The Final Shot
by Terry Harknett
1975Edge, Book 16
Vengeance Valley
by Terry Harknett
1975Edge, Book 17
Ten Tombstones to Texas
by Terry Harknett
1976Edge, Book 18
Ashes and Dust
by Terry Harknett
1976Edge, Book 19
Sullivan's Law
by Terry Harknett
1976Edge, Book 20
Rhapsody in Red
by Terry Harknett
1977Edge, Book 21
Slaughter Road
by Terry Harknett
1977Edge, Book 22
Echoes of War
by Terry Harknett
1977Edge, Book 23
The Day Democracy Died
by Terry Harknett
1977Edge, Book 24
Violence Trail
by Terry Harknett
1978Edge, Book 25
Savage Dawn
by Terry Harknett
1978Edge, Book 26
Death Drive
by Terry Harknett
1978Edge, Book 27
Eve of Evil
by Terry Harknett
1978Edge, Book 28
The Living, the Dying and the Dead
by Terry Harknett
1978Edge, Book 29
Waiting for a Train
by Terry Harknett
1979Edge, Book 30
The Guilty Ones
by Terry Harknett
1979Edge, Book 31
The Frightened Gun
by Terry Harknett
1979Edge, Book 32
Red Fury
by Terry Harknett
1979Edge, Book 33
A Ride in the Sun
by Terry Harknett
1980Edge, Book 34
Death Deal
by Terry Harknett
1980Edge, Book 35
Town on Trial
by Terry Harknett
1981Edge, Book 36
Vengeance at Ventura
by Terry Harknett
1981Edge, Book 37
Massacre Mission
by Terry Harknett
1981Edge, Book 38
The Prisoners
by Terry Harknett
1982Edge, Book 39
Montana Melodrama
by Terry Harknett
1982Edge, Book 40
The Killing Claim
by Terry Harknett
1982Edge, Book 41
Bloody Sunrise
by Terry Harknett
1983Edge, Book 42
Arapaho Revenge
by Terry Harknett
1983Edge, Book 43
The Blind Side
by Terry Harknett
1983Edge, Book 44
House on the Range
by Terry Harknett
1983Edge, Book 45
The Godforsaken
by Terry Harknett
1984Edge, Book 46
The Moving Cage
by Terry Harknett
1984Edge, Book 47
School For Slaughter
by Terry Harknett
1985Edge, Book 48
Revenge Ride
by Terry Harknett
1985Edge, Book 49
Shadow of the Gallows
by Terry Harknett
1985Edge, Book 50
A Time For Killing
by Terry Harknett
1986Edge, Book 51
Brutal Border
by Terry Harknett
1986Edge, Book 52
Hitting Paydirt
by Terry Harknett
1987Edge, Book 53
Backshot
by Terry Harknett
1987Edge, Book 54
Uneasy Riders
by Terry Harknett
1987Edge, Book 55
Doom Town
by Terry Harknett
1987Edge, Book 56
Dying is for Ever
by Terry Harknett
1988Edge, Book 57
The Desperadoes
by Terry Harknett
1988Edge, Book 58
Terror Town
by Terry Harknett
1988Edge, Book 59
The Breed Woman
by Terry Harknett
1989Edge, Book 60
The Rifle
by Terry Harknett
1989Edge, Book 61
Series background & context
Edge is the series most readers think of first with Terry Harknett, writing as George G. Gilman. It begins with The Loner, when former Union captain Josiah Hedges returns from the Civil War to find his brother murdered and the family place destroyed. From there he becomes Edge, the name by which the long series knows him, and almost everything important about the books is there from the start, revenge, wandering, savagery, and a man who survives by being harder than the world around him.
Edge is not a comforting western hero. He is a Mexican-Swedish halfbreed, physically imposing, deeply antisocial, and famous for his razor as much as his guns. He rides into towns, camps, and war zones already suspicious, and the books usually prove him right. Yet the series is not only grim. One of its signatures is the strange, dry humor that flickers through all the bloodshed. Edge can be brutally funny at exactly the wrong moment.
The range of the series is bigger than people sometimes expect. Some books are direct revenge stories. Some are siege tales, bounty hunts, gold-fever stories, or journeys through frontier communities that are already halfway to tearing themselves apart. Others dip back into the Civil War and the experiences that shaped him, especially books like Killer's Breed and The Blue, the Grey and the Red. Even when the setting changes, the tension stays the same. Edge enters a broken place. Things get bloodier.
That formula works because the character is strong enough to carry it. Edge is less interested in justice as an abstract virtue than in practical survival and personal reckoning. But the books also keep exposing greed, hypocrisy, frontier law, and mob morality as ugly forces in their own right. He may be savage, but he is rarely the only savage on the page.
These books do not whisper.
If you want Harknett at full western force, this is the line to try. It is big, fast, violent, and often very funny in a dark way. Readers who like harsh antiheroes, relentless pacing, and frontier stories with dust, lead, and almost no sentimentality usually find Edge hard to put down.
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