Lane R. Warenski Books in Order

A starving spring forces Zach to hunt for food, only to return and discover his wife and her sister have been kidnapped. Another trapper pursues the men who robbed him, bringing separate quests for justice toward a dangerous collision.

Seeking fortune in the mountains, Zach loses his father to a bear attack and must learn to survive alone. Help from a wounded Ute warrior and a dog gives him a chance against winter, predators, and human enemies.

Discovering the massacre of a friendly trapping party, Zach tracks a band of killers who hold a young widow captive. Rescuing her draws him deeper into dangerous country while forcing him to confront the violence that shadows his life.

Zach travels to a mountain rendezvous with his partner, their families, and his dog, facing fighting and threats to their survival. A man-eating bear and people seeking vengeance add new dangers to their life in the Rockies.

Veteran Matt Taylor and his brother seek a quiet fishing trip, only for a violent storm to transport them to the early nineteenth century. Surviving the wilderness becomes entangled with troubling visions that may reveal a way home.

Worried about westward settlement's impact on his family, Zach leads them toward St. Louis to understand the changing world. Crossing contested lands is dangerous, but the city presents unfamiliar risks of its own.

During the harsh winter of 1830–31, Zach and the Shoshone community around him struggle against the mountain environment. Loss and new life reshape their growing families as they work to protect one another from sudden danger.

Zach reaches a summer rendezvous hoping to recover from an injured leg after months of conflict and an avalanche. Among fellow trappers he expects safety, unaware that a new threat awaits his family at home.

Searching for buffalo to sustain their families, Zach and his partners approach lands controlled by hostile rivals. A chief blaming Zach for his brother's death gathers warriors and a powerful medicine man to pursue vengeance.

Traveling to Taos for supplies in 1833, Zach and his family cross dangerous rivers and ancient canyon country. An encounter with a Navajo spiritual practitioner, new enemies, and an old adversary complicates their journey home.

Zach leads his family through unfamiliar mountain country hoping its forests will conceal them from pursuers. Sending his loved ones ahead, he and his dog remain behind to confront a determined enemy with little support.

After a winter without adequate supplies, Zach takes his family across the mountains toward a trading post. Elsewhere, starving trappers seek the same refuge while pursued by warriors, drawing different journeys toward a dangerous convergence.

An appeal for help interrupts trapping season when three young Bannock hunters disappear far from home. Zach and his partners leave their families to search, following a trail into unfamiliar country and increasingly dangerous confrontations.

Couples fleeing violence and seeking freedom travel toward a mountain rendezvous with supplies, while Zach and his partners approach to trade. Their converging journeys test whether the wilderness can offer the security each group hopes to find.

A prolonged storm and an eccentric Irish prospector delay Zach's journey to the 1835 rendezvous. Traveling with family and friends, he must then face old enemies and a destructive wildfire before reaching the gathering.

Dwindling beaver stocks force Zach's family to establish a new home where a grizzly already threatens their safety. When his daughter is abducted by a medicine man, he must find her before the danger becomes irreversible.

As the fur trade declines, Zach uses gold found near his home to obtain supplies while respecting a prohibition against digging. Rescuing desperate trappers brings newcomers whose hunger for wealth threatens the sacred ground surrounding his family.

A request for a healer delays Zach's family's seasonal journey into the mountains. When old enemies return, he relies on a wolf-dog companion and his wilderness skills to defend those he loves against a determined attack.

Following a devastating winter, Zach's family struggles to find food while another family attempts an overland journey to California. Their paths meet amid conflict over hunting lands, with a dreamed-of white buffalo offering a fragile symbol of hope.

In 1840, Zach guides missionaries and their wagon train through a hazardous stretch of the Oregon Trail. Difficult rivers, mountain terrain, severe weather, and armed resistance test whether his experience can bring the travelers safely through.

Recovering from an arrow wound, Zach Connors finds scarce supplies and game before an earthquake drives his party onward. A plea from Shoshone friends draws him into danger, while unprepared buffalo hunters enter the same unforgiving western country.

After an attack destroys their westbound wagon train, Caleb and his young wife must survive alone on the prairie. Protecting their hoped-for future forces him to learn the skills that will eventually make him a cavalry scout.

When a wagon train is attacked and two teenage sisters are taken, scout Caleb Miller joins his captain in pursuit. Their rescue mission across contested territory becomes a personal test of endurance and determination against overwhelming odds.

Cavalry scout Caleb Miller tries to build a life with his wife and adopted daughter as conflict spreads across the plains. Ambushes and retaliatory violence test his judgment, forcing him to balance military duty with protecting his family.

Guiding inexperienced cavalrymen toward Fort Laramie, Caleb encounters escalating conflict around buffalo hunts and reckless hide hunters. Keeping the patrol alive becomes harder as danger threatens to force a choice between his orders and his family's safety.

Caleb leaves the cavalry frontier to escort his pregnant wife and orphaned twins toward Missouri. A friendship with a Pawnee warrior develops along the dangerous journey, while new work soon draws the scout into another perilous crossing.

Returning to a changed Fort Laramie, Caleb takes his growing family west to establish a homestead. With winter approaching, they must confront predatory animals, raiders, and severe storms before their refuge can become a lasting home.