McCain Chronicles Books in Order

Searching for his missing stepsons, Elijah McCain encounters stolen gold claims, murder, and vigilante justice. His promise to his late wife becomes harder to fulfill as threatened children and conflict with the Sioux draw him into new dangers.

Learning that his stepsons escaped a ship in Monterey, Elijah McCain joins a drive carrying hundreds of horses north for the army. The long, dangerous journey offers a chance to earn money and bring the boys home.

Former Union officer Elijah McCain follows his missing stepsons into Montana's gold country. Outlaws, ineffective lawmen, and vigilantes complicate the search, forcing him to choose between pursuing his personal mission and helping people caught in the violence.

Elijah McCain's search for his stepsons takes him across the Cascades with a freight train on the hazardous Naches Trail. After a massacre, Confederate holdouts targeting a gold shipment force him into another fight to protect others.

Discovering that his stepsons have been kidnapped and forced aboard a clipper ship, Elijah McCain follows the Siskiyou Trail in pursuit. Bandits, stranded settlers, and displaced Native people complicate his journey and test his promise to bring them home.

Union officer Elijah McCain returns from war to find his wife dying. Her request that he recover their missing twin boys sends him west, where a personal promise draws him into the dangers and conflicts of an unsettled frontier.

Reunited with his stepsons, Elijah McCain is asked to lead scouts for Forsyth and Custer. Broken treaties and the displacement of Native people pull him toward fresh conflict as he struggles to reconcile military duty with his desire for peace.

Elijah McCain and Charlie Two Toes guide a wagon train toward Montana's goldfields along the Bridger Trail. After war and personal loss, McCain sees the possibility of a new life, but the journey threatens both travelers and hopes.