Saga of the Armstrong Brothers Books in Order

The Armstrong brothers free an enslaved man while traveling to rendezvous, earning the anger of his former captors. Their families face another immediate danger when a large, cunning grizzly begins hunting people near their western home.

After their parents die, three young Armstrong brothers leave Nantucket to join a beaver-trapping expedition from St. Louis. Their first years in the West test family loyalty against difficult terrain, dangerous animals and conflict with people already living there.

The Armstrong brothers have built families and livelihoods in the western trapping country. When Enoch kills an attacker during a raid, the dead man’s brother swears revenge against everyone he loves, threatening the life they have established.

Reunited in the spring of 1834, the Armstrong brothers decide to travel to St. Louis for better fur prices and cheaper supplies. The long journey brings their families and companions into unfamiliar challenges along the river.

Retired Hudson’s Bay Company trader Ernest Doyle now hunts for Fort McKenzie, concealing a sinister side from his employers. Known to some Blackfeet as the Man Hunter, he turns his dangerous attention toward the Armstrong brothers.

The Armstrong brothers' adventures turn toward California as settlers undertake a dangerous journey west. Harsh weather, illness, wild animals and conflict along the route test the travelers' ability to survive and hold their group together.