James Reasoner Books in Order

Plague, persecution, and warfare threaten an ancient land as a family of healers, prophets, soldiers, and enslaved people faces upheaval. The Children of the Lion become entangled with powerful rulers in a confrontation shaped by prophecy.

In 1775, Daniel Reed gathers men for a mission to seize British military supplies. His brother Quincy joins the Green Mountain Boys, placing both brothers amid the revolution's developing battles and the attack on Fort Ticonderoga.

Sam Cody is assigned to pursue Barry Whittingham, a former Texas Ranger who has become an outlaw. Their past friendship makes the mission difficult, as Cody's duty to uphold the law places him against someone he once trusted.

In Boston in 1773, brothers Daniel and Quincy Reed respond differently to British rule. Daniel conceals his sympathies while pursuing an education, but Quincy throws himself into resistance as tensions build toward the Boston Tea Party.

Richard Gideon was cleared of bank robbery yet forced to leave town. Returning seven years later with money and a plan to expose the real thief, he faces a sheriff whose willingness to deliver justice remains uncertain.

As war spreads around Boston in 1775, Daniel Reed joins militia near Bunker Hill while Quincy travels through the Mohawk River valley. Elsewhere, Elliot Markham hunts a traitor and Roxanne Darragh struggles to reunite with Daniel.

Four murders along the stagecoach route between Texarkana and San Antonio draw Sam Cody and his fellow Texas Rangers into a pursuit. The killings send them after a violent fugitive whose actions threaten travelers along the line.

During the winter of 1775-76, Daniel Reed joins an expedition to retrieve artillery from Fort Ticonderoga for besieged Boston. Snow, ice, and a traitor endanger the mission, while his family and allies face threats elsewhere.

Philistine forces advance toward Israel, threatening the people ruled by King Saul. Eri joins the king in confronting the invading legions, as the Children of the Lion's ties to their neighbors draw them into another struggle for freedom.

Captain Vickery sends Sam Cody to investigate a surge of lawlessness in Eagle Pass. Working undercover as a blacksmith, the Texas Ranger must discover who is directing the trouble without revealing the purpose of his presence.

Gold attracts prospectors to Last Chance Canyon in the Sierra Nevadas, but a gang called the Hellhounds wants control of their claims. John Fury intervenes as the miners face organized threats to their livelihoods and safety.

Patriot spy Daniel Reed risks returning to besieged Boston to find his missing lover, Roxanne. British imprisonment, a sinister group targeting Tories, and dangers facing his brother on the frontier complicate the search during autumn 1775.

An armed stranger threatens John Fury's old trapping partner Reese Driscoll and his family. Fury offers to accompany them up the Missouri River, taking on a protective role as danger follows them into the journey.

After Mexican forces seize San Antonio in 1842, James and Jonathan Lewis enlist with the Texas Rangers. Their fight places them among a small band determined to defend the independence of Texas against the invading army.

Sam Cody must collect a prisoner from an isolated mansion on the West Texas plains during a blizzard. The household's disturbing behavior and the captive outlaw complicate his assignment, leaving the Ranger surrounded by threats during the storm.

An outlaw band led by Red Moon abducts Lieutenant Whitcomb's nineteen-year-old daughter. Sam Cody and his fellow Texas Rangers pursue the kidnappers into the West Texas Badlands, where their rescue mission takes them after a dangerous gang.

Stagecoach guard Earl Stark studies law and begins a new legal career after proving himself at a public hearing. When his intended bride is killed in a holdup, grief pushes him toward revenge and challenges his respect for justice.

Daniel and Quincy Reed undertake a mission involving Thomas Jefferson, while Elliot Markham investigates a plot against George Washington. As independence approaches in 1776, the brothers' allies and families confront enemies whose ambitions threaten the patriot cause.

A dark prophecy unsettles King Saul, turning his rule increasingly cruel. His persecution of the young soldier David creates a struggle over loyalty and Israel's future, drawing the Children of the Lion into a dangerous royal conflict.

Circuit judge Earl Stark arrives in Delgado, Texas, to settle a dispute between two brothers over their father's ranch. The father's supposed death in a stagecoach accident and unrecovered remains complicate an inheritance case filled with suspicion.

Cole Tyler barely has time to settle into Wind River before new violence rolls into town. In a place still trying to become civilized, the next crisis can come fast and hit hard.

After years as a scout and buffalo hunter, Cole Tyler takes the job of marshal in a raw Wyoming outpost called Wind River. Keeping the peace there means taking on the sort of frontier trouble that never stays quiet for long.

A stranger brings a blizzard of trouble to Wind River, and suspicion spreads almost as quickly as the cold. Cole Tyler has to judge men fast if he wants to keep the town from tearing itself apart.

Sam Cody is assigned to escort Red Moon and Twisted Hawk to federal prison. With two dangerous Comanche prisoners under his supervision, the Texas Ranger faces the task of keeping his captives secure throughout the journey.

This fantasy adventure opens a larger saga of war, prophecy, and dangerous loyalties. As the struggle widens, heroism and obsession start to look alarmingly close to one another.

Danger follows a dark trail back toward Wind River, and Cole Tyler is the man stuck standing in its path. To hold the town together, he has to face men who would rather settle every question with a gun.

Marshal Cole Tyler faces fresh frontier trouble as Wind River is tested again by violence and old resentments. In a place where order is still fragile, every hard choice can ripple through the whole town.

John Fury protects a young woman who knows where silver lies hidden in the ghost town of Doldrums. A gang determined to seize the fortune closes in, leaving Fury and his Colt Dragoon as her defense.

The California Gold Rush opens a rough new world for a carpenter, a fugitive, a Texas Ranger, and a sharp businesswoman. Their hopes point toward fortune, but greed and danger keep closing in beside them.

An old Spanish land grant discovered in Juan Espina's Bible gives him a claim to valuable Diablo Valley property. Judge Earl Stark's ruling against two wealthy ranchers sparks violence, forcing him to investigate the conflict beyond the courtroom.

Dr. Thomas Black leaves home to tend the wounded on Civil War battlefields and discovers how deeply war can alter a family. Medicine, duty, and private longing all pull in different directions as the conflict grows.

Following King Saul's death, civil war divides Israel and endangers the Twelve Tribes. A young warrior seeks an alliance with David, taking personal risks as competing claims to power threaten a people already surrounded by enemies.

David prepares an army to march against Jerusalem, while the young warrior Sunu plans a raid into the city's heart. His faith drives a dangerous undertaking that could influence the approaching battle and the king's campaign.

Sara Black is determined to prove herself as a doctor despite war, prejudice, and her father’s doubts. Her ambition takes her from Civil War medicine into even rougher country, where skill and courage are tested every day.

Accused of murdering his wife in 1790, farmer Davis Hallam flees his home and joins a road-building crew. Labor along the route from Virginia to Kentucky offers new relationships and opportunities, but cannot erase his unresolved past.

Viktor escorts a Russian delegation across dangerous country and senses trouble almost from the start. When one reckless act sparks violence, the trip becomes a desperate struggle to stay alive in hostile territory.

After two years in a Union prison camp, Evan Littleton returns to Texas to find his wife dead and six children missing. Without money or a horse, he begins searching while winter and armed pursuers threaten him.

Captured after a bank robbery in 1917, the Tacker Gang must choose between prison and military service. The aging Western outlaws enlist for the war in France, carrying their unconventional habits into a conflict unlike frontier crime.

A heavily armed bank-robbing gang terrorizes Dallas and kidnaps a powerful banker's family. Texas Rangers Walker and Trivette search for the hostages as the criminals' violence raises the stakes of stopping their operation before more lives are lost.

Virginia sheriff Will Brannon's pursuit of the Fogarty brothers turns into a feud that threatens his family. Seeking protection in the Confederate Army, he marches toward Manassas, unaware that his personal enemies intend to follow him into battle.

Cory Brannon joins the crew of the Missouri Zephyr as the Civil War spreads along the Mississippi. His growing attachment to river life and the captain's daughter is threatened when Union gunboats bring warfare to their commercial routes.

Two bodies discovered beside Lake Bowie draw Walker, Trivette, C.D., and a deputy into an investigation. Their clues lead to Jack Springer's illegal gambling ship, the Lone Star Belle, where the deaths connect with dangerous business.

Heroin disguised as legitimate medicine reaches Dallas and is accidentally given to a child. Walker investigates a cartel run by Carlos and Ramon Vega Garcia, former enemies who have rebuilt their operation and seek revenge against him.

Will and Mac Brannon serve with Confederate forces during the defense of Richmond and Lee's Maryland campaign. As the fighting approaches Antietam, their siblings face romantic tensions and divided loyalties that reach back to the family farm.

Cory Brannon searches for Lucille Farrell and helps develop Confederate supply routes from Texas to Vicksburg. In Virginia, Titus answers the call to fight, bringing further uncertainty to a family already separated by war and conflicting loyalties.

Skeeter Barlow is a Fort Worth private investigator who also works nights bouncing rowdy cowboys at a bar and grill. A simple missing dog case quickly spins into a much nastier mess full of mayhem and bad intentions.

In 1941, four young friends leave familiar lives in Chicago to enter military service. Assigned to the Army, Marines, and naval nursing, they discover that the distant conflict demands survival amid violence far from home.

Will and Mac Brannon join Confederate troops advancing into Pennsylvania after the victory at Chancellorsville. Their service in infantry and cavalry draws them into the battle of Gettysburg, while their family anxiously awaits news at home.

Cory Brannon and Lucille Farrell help supply Vicksburg as Union forces close around the city. Confederate assignments draw Cory into cavalry raids and spying, while the siege threatens their relationship and the survival of those remaining inside.

After Confederate setbacks at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the scattered Brannon family struggles with injury, imprisonment, and separation. Cory seeks to rejoin Forrest's cavalry, while Mac protects retreating troops and Titus plans an escape from a Northern prison.

An American adventurer searches the African jungle for a missing French archaeologist and reaches a prehistoric world. Together they must survive dinosaurs and other dangers while seeking a route back to the twentieth-century lives they left behind.

Titus Brannon returns home after his family presumed him dead, discovering that Polly has married his brother Henry. The reunion creates a bitter domestic conflict while the war continues to threaten their lives in northern Virginia.

The attacks on Pearl Harbor and Wake Island plunge Adam Bergman and nurse Catherine into the Pacific war. Meanwhile, Joe and Dale Parker's advisory work with British forces in North Africa draws them directly into combat and intelligence operations.

As the Civil War approaches its end, Brannon family members fight across Virginia, the Carolinas, and Alabama. Their home remains behind Union lines, forcing the survivors to consider what surrender and the war's aftermath will mean for their future.

This nonfiction collection examines famous gunfights of the American West, separating historical events from popular legends. Accounts include Doc Holliday, the Dalton Gang, John Wesley Hardin, and other figures whose confrontations shaped the frontier's reputation.

Cory Brannon fights through Confederate retreats as Sherman's army advances toward Atlanta and Savannah. Back in Virginia, the family farm lies behind Union lines, and Cordelia's attraction to a Northern officer complicates already fractured loyalties.

In 1942, Joe and Dale Parker help British tank forces battle Rommel in North Africa, while Adam Bergman fights with the Marines on Guadalcanal. Their experiences connect front-line combat with hospital work and the wartime home front.

Former cavalryman Dan Ryan leads prospectors into the Black Hills during the gold rush of 1876. In nearby Deadwood, he must protect his claim amid lawless competition, armed threats, and encounters with Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.

Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Deadwood to stake a claim, alarming gamblers who fear the former lawman will curb their business. They enlist saloon owner Al Swearengen, whose connection to a hired gun threatens Hickok's survival.

Mysterious deaths terrorize a Texas town, drawing gunslinger Hell Jackson into an investigation. Accompanied by ambitious New York reporter Everett Sidney Howard, he faces rustlers, night riders, and a gang determined to conceal its murderous intentions.

Toby McCoy takes work at an isolated Texas farm and becomes involved with its owner, Grace Halligan. The arrival of armed strangers exposes hidden histories, sending them into a dangerous pursuit involving stolen money and mutual deception.

Al Swearengen and madam Laurette Parkhurst seek Wild Bill Hickok's death to preserve their illicit profits in Deadwood. The experienced gunman's caution complicates their scheme, making any lapse in his defenses a potentially fatal opportunity.

Dan Ryan's disappointing gold prospecting is interrupted when General Crook's soldiers arrive in Deadwood. Three former comrades use knowledge of his past to pressure him into a theft targeting dangerous saloon owner Al Swearengen.

A disgraced police officer with a readiness to kill becomes entangled with a truckload of corpses and violent radicals. An untrustworthy woman and dangerous snakes add further uncertainty to a contemporary crime adventure driven by escalating threats.

Wind River reaches a reckoning as Cole Tyler faces enemies, divided loyalties, and the cost of keeping order on the frontier. What happens here could shape the town long after the shooting stops.

Injured during a cattle stampede, Bill recovers in Redemption under Eden Monroe's care. A series of unexplained killings undermines the town's apparent refuge, compelling him to investigate before the shopkeeper's daughter becomes another victim.

Small-time criminal Nick Paulson survives an attempted mob execution thanks to a woman driving a tractor. Recuperating on her rural Texas farm, he hopes to evade his pursuers, only to discover new dangers beneath the apparent sanctuary.

Young Easterner Jim McReady joins the Pony Express while trying to survive in the unfamiliar West. An encounter with masked outlaw Nightshade draws him into a mission to help a young woman, challenging his self-centered priorities.

Buffalo hunters flee to Redemption after a violent clash leaves nearly an entire Native American party dead. With the sole survivor seeking revenge, new marshal Bill Harvey must protect the town from the conflict the hunters have brought.

Cole Tyler rides into another hard frontier dispute where law, land, and revenge are tightly tangled. The deeper he gets into Ransom Valley, the clearer it becomes that no one there is ready to forget old wrongs.

Federal judge Earl Stark investigates murder amid a feud between mine owners, using the toughness learned as a stagecoach guard. Bushwhackers and a violent disturbance complicate the case, eventually putting Stark behind bars before he can catch the killer.

A debilitating illness sends former gunfighter Logan Handley to Hot Springs, Arkansas, seeking medical help. Caught between rival timber barons and pursued by an old enemy, he must protect new friends without relying on his former shooting ability.

Judge Earl Stark arrives in a West Texas town as residents prepare to lynch an influential rancher's son accused of killing an unarmed man. Stark must resist both mob anger and family power to secure lawful justice.

Lawman Bill Tilghman rides alone into Burnt Creek in Oklahoma Territory, pursuing rustlers and outlaws. Their unexpected allies make the settlement a dangerous place to investigate in this western inspired by the career of a historical frontier marshal.

Fifth grader Codi Jackson is already tired of being the new girl when a history project changes everything. An old Texas Ranger badge brings the ghost of her ancestor into her life, and suddenly school problems turn into a real adventure.

Caleb Tatum's gang robs Redemption and kidnaps marshal Bill Harvey's wife, Eden. Bill leads a pursuit across Kansas, leaving Mordecai to manage mounting local troubles, while an unpredictable Texan offers unexpected help to the rescue party.

After a massacre, outlaw Henry Pollard awaits trial in Alpine while a lynch mob demands immediate revenge. G.W. Braddock intervenes as hired killers and Pollard's wealthy brother seek his release, trying to preserve justice amid competing threats.

Stripped of his Texas Ranger badge through no fault of his own, G.W. Braddock watches a corrupt system release killer Tull Coleman. He must choose between obeying official authority and pursuing the duty that defined his life.

Aging knight Sir Gault the Red seeks to recover his former glory by confronting a fyredrake. Keldrick, the creature, travels north hoping to find others of his kind, while human intrigue complicates their impending clash.

A gold robbery and the slaughter of twenty men bring G.W. Braddock to Cemetery Butte. Investigating in a settlement dominated by a powerful mining tycoon, the former Texas Ranger confronts danger tied to the past.

G.W. Braddock tracks bank robber Clete Fenner and his murderous gang with help from an elderly man claiming to be the last Comanche war chief. Their pursuit leads across the Texas plains with innocent lives at stake.

An attack on a Mexican village and the theft of rifles from an American train appear connected. G.W. Braddock investigates both crimes, navigating betrayals and armed enemies to prevent wider violence along the border.

While visiting Bandera for a trial, Judge Earl Stark agrees to referee a prizefight between a local champion and an outsider. The match leads to gunfire and a confrontation that threatens far more than the two boxers.

Old grudges and outlaw violence flare again in the world of Wind River. As danger closes around the town, Cole Tyler has to keep the peace against enemies who understand how to use blood ties as weapons.

Marshal Lucas Flint and deputy Cully Markham defend Abilene in eight western adventures. Criminal control, train robberies, marauders, a dangerous circus, and a murder case in Wyoming test their ability to protect residents and pursue justice.

Lucas Flint and Cully Markham face further threats to Abilene across eight western adventures. Confederate gold, a revenge-seeking gunfighter, a murderous lawman, and armed mail-order brides complicate their efforts to preserve order in the cattle town.

Security agent John Creed protects a train carrying buffalo from Abilene to Chicago as part of a scheme to attract buyers. Sabotage, a hidden accomplice, and a relentless assassin turn the promotional journey into a fight for survival.

Faraday Security Service sends Daniel Britten to investigate sabotage of the Kansas Pacific railroad. Amid surveyors, track workers, and buffalo hunters, he must identify who is provoking attacks while a killer threatens the railhead and his own life.

After a fellow Ranger dies pursuing a gang terrorizing the Texas-Mexico border, G.W. Braddock sets out to stop the outlaws and rescue their captives. His mission draws him between government troops and rebels during the early Mexican Revolution.