Texas Ranger: Capt. Bates Books in Order

Rustlers threaten a vast cattle drive headed for Montana while a Dodge City sheriff plots to steal a fortune in gold. Captain Bates also faces trouble closer to home as rival admirers compete for his affection.

Kidnapped Rangers Rowdy Bates and Terry Coffee are taken to an outlaw refuge where wealthy gamblers expect them to fight to the death. As an old enemy pursues revenge, Tuc and Potak attempt a desperate rescue.

A murdered sheriff and an ambushed Ranger raise fears that the culprit is someone close to Captain Bates. A threatened wagon train and danger surrounding Nati Buena Fuente force him to confront several crises at once.

A hidden enemy terrorizes Carrizo Springs to seize its valuable land and water, leaving residents afraid to leave their homes. Captain Bates must break the siege while tensions among local lawmen threaten another violent confrontation.

Two Texas Rangers are captured by young Comanche warriors while a deadly family feud spreads violence across Texas and New Mexico. Captain Bates and his men face mounting dangers as personal rivalries also trouble life back home.

Traveling north to meet his companions for a Rocky Mountain adventure, former Ranger Rowdy Bates enters a town that appears suddenly abandoned. A rifle shot draws him into a mystery in the outlaw refuge known as the Strip.

A hurricane drives an Austrian prince’s ship toward Texas, and Captain Bates receives orders to escort the royal party west. The assignment delays his wedding and exposes the travelers to bandits and other dangers along the route.

A plea from Marshal Jack Black sends Captain Bates north by railroad to a brutal Kansas prison. With his friend trapped among men he once arrested, Bates must discover what happened and find a way to help.

Personal tragedy transforms Captain Bates as he and Tonkawa scouts Tuc and Potak track killers across Texas into the Oklahoma Territories. Amid suffering on the reservations and predatory schemes, his pursuit pushes him beyond the law.

Captain Bates leads his Rangers to El Paso, where Mexican vaqueros pursuing rustlers threaten to intensify local violence. A captive child and a land-grabbing conspiracy force the lawmen to uncover who is financing the attacks.

Judge Roy Bean orders Captain Bates and his Rangers to hunt rogue marshal Boon Spade, aided by scouts Tuc and Potak. When the pursuit goes wrong, the judge’s fury threatens the careers of all three Rangers.

Grieving Captain Bates wanders the Oklahoma Territories, where two dead miners and a sinister mountain guide deepen his encounters with violence. Rejoined by Tuc and Potak, he follows a course increasingly detached from the law he once upheld.

Newly promoted Captain Rowdy Bates learns that his former mentor, Ridge Creek, has disappeared. Taking leave from his Ranger duties, he follows rumors north through Kansas and Wyoming toward Deadwood to discover what became of him.

Captain Rowdy Bates tracks a horse thief into Kansas, where he meets young Marshal Jack Black. Their paths converge in a pursuit of outlaws that carries the lawmen toward Texas and the border with Mexico.

Murders along Texas rivers send Captain Bates and three Rangers aboard the paddleboat Magnolia on the Brazos. Their search for a killer unfolds among the passengers and crew, bringing danger into the riverboat’s confined world.