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Lone McGantry Books in Order

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See the Lone McGantry books by Wayne D Dundee in order, with short summaries, reading order tips, and a clear guide to the series.

Last updated: July 5, 2026

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Lone McGantry books in publication order

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12 books

1

Reckoning at Rainrock

by Wayne D Dundee

2012

Lone McGantry takes a bounty job that sounds simple on paper: bring a fugitive young woman back to Rainrock for a retrial. On the trail, motives blur and justice starts to look a lot less straightforward.

2

Dismal River

by Wayne D Dundee

2015

Former army scout Lone McGantry rides into Nebraska sandhills country and finds himself in a dangerous tangle of secrets, violence, and hard choices. The land is wide open, but trouble closes in fast.

3

The Coldest Trail

by Wayne D Dundee

2021

Months after five ruthless men killed his partner and stole their horses, Lone McGantry is still hunting. The trail is long, bitter, and dangerous, but Lone has no intention of letting the matter rest.

4

The Forever Mountain

by Wayne D Dundee

2021

A dying request from an old friend sends Lone McGantry onto a hard western trail. Revenge, betrayal, and unforgiving country all stand between him and the justice he promised to deliver.

5

The Gun Wolves

by Wayne D Dundee

2022

Lone McGantry sets out after dangerous men on a punishing western trail. The country is unforgiving, the hunt keeps turning more lethal, and every mile pushes him closer to a violent reckoning.

6

Devil's Tower

by Wayne D Dundee

2023

Lone McGantry rides toward the shadow of Devil's Tower and into a knot of mystery, violence, and frontier grudges. The country is striking, but what waits there is anything but peaceful.

7

Rainrock Reckoning

by Wayne D Dundee

2023

Lone McGantry agrees to bring a young fugitive back to Rainrock for a fair retrial. The closer he gets, the clearer it becomes that the job is tangled in fear, pressure, and competing ideas of justice.

8

Rio Fuego

by Wayne D Dundee

2023

A mission for justice takes Lone McGantry toward Rio Fuego and straight into hard country, ruthless enemies, and loyalties that will not hold. Every mile makes the danger sharper.

9

Manhunter's Moon

by Wayne D Dundee

2024

A stormy night starts Lone McGantry's final hard ride, sending him into one more chase for justice. The trail is dangerous, personal, and costly in all the ways that matter.

10

Massacre Canyon

by Wayne D Dundee

2024

After a train robbery, Lone McGantry joins old friend Jeth Howard in pursuit of the Dar Pierce gang and a stolen jeweled brooch. Their chase runs across three states and toward a final showdown in Massacre Canyon.

11

Ride to the Bullet

by Wayne D Dundee

2024

Eight months into rebuilding his life, Lone McGantry is forced back onto a deadly trail when a new threat points straight at the source. To survive, he has to strike before the enemy does.

12

Ruthless Valley

by Wayne D Dundee

2024

Lone McGantry enters another brutal stretch of frontier country where desperate people, old wrongs, and armed men make mercy as dangerous as gunfire. The valley earns its name.

Lone McGantry books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Reckoning at Rainrock"

    Reckoning at Rainrock

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2012Lone McGantry, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Dismal River"

    Dismal River

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2015Lone McGantry, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Forever Mountain"

    The Forever Mountain

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2021Lone McGantry, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Coldest Trail"

    The Coldest Trail

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2021Lone McGantry, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Gun Wolves"

    The Gun Wolves

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2022Lone McGantry, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Rainrock Reckoning"

    Rainrock Reckoning

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2023Lone McGantry, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Devil's Tower"

    Devil's Tower

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2023Lone McGantry, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Rio Fuego"

    Rio Fuego

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2023Lone McGantry, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Ride to the Bullet"

    Ride to the Bullet

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2024Lone McGantry, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Massacre Canyon"

    Massacre Canyon

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2024Lone McGantry, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Ruthless Valley"

    Ruthless Valley

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2024Lone McGantry, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Manhunter's Moon"

    Manhunter's Moon

    by Wayne D Dundee

    2024Lone McGantry, Book 12

Series background & context

Lone McGantry is a former Army Indian scout in his late thirties, a man who has spent enough years drifting that motion feels natural to him. When the series opens, he is not settled and not sure he wants to be. He works as a horse wrangler, cowboy, guide, and occasional manhunter, taking the next job, the next trail, the next piece of trouble. That gives Wayne D Dundee a hero who can move almost anywhere the story needs him.

And the stories use that freedom well.

The early books place McGantry in big western country where a man's choices matter as much as his gun hand. Dismal River and Reckoning at Rainrock establish the essentials quickly: Lone is resourceful, wary, physically capable, and more moral than he sometimes pretends to be. He may arrive as an outsider, but once he sees a wrong clearly enough, he has trouble leaving it alone. That simple trait drives a lot of the series.

The setting is a major draw. Dundee writes Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and the surrounding frontier with a real sense of distance, weather, and hard use. Rivers, canyons, mountains, rail stops, ranch country, and rough little towns all shape the action. In later books such as The Forever Mountain, The Coldest Trail, Massacre Canyon, and beyond, the landscapes keep changing but the feeling remains the same: this is wide country where travel is costly and help may be far away.

One nice thing about the series is that it does not leave Lone standing still. Over time he edges away from pure drifting and toward something like a life. He is never softened into a different character, but responsibilities and attachments begin to matter more. That gives the books an ongoing thread beyond the gunplay.

The tone is traditional western adventure with a harder edge. There are pursuits, robberies, old grudges, rescues, betrayals, and shootouts, but Dundee also makes room for quieter moments where character shows through. Lone McGantry is not a chatterbox or a philosopher. He is a working western hero, and that is enough. If you want a long-running series with strong movement, memorable country, and a lead who keeps earning your trust one hard ride at a time, this is the one to follow.

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