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The Loner Books in Order

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Explore The Loner books by J. A. Johnstone in reading order, with short summaries to help you start the series and follow Conrad Browning's adventures.

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The Loner books in publication order

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15 books

1

The Devil's Badland

by J A Johnstone

2009

Conrad Browning travels to New Mexico to visit his wife’s grave. His former fiancée, blaming him for her father’s death and their broken engagement, sends hired gunmen after him, turning mourning into a fight for survival.

2

The Loner

by J A Johnstone

2009

Successful businessman Conrad Browning has kept his connection to gunfighter Frank Morgan quiet. When his wife is kidnapped, he must draw on his father’s dangerous skills to find her and confront the people responsible.

3

Dead Man's Gold

by J A Johnstone

2010

Traveling toward Mexico, Conrad Morgan encounters treasure hunters whose search brings gunfire. In New Mexico’s waterless Jornada del Muerto, he must protect his companions while facing both armed pursuers and the danger of thirst.

4

Rattlesnake Valley

by J A Johnstone

2010

A former sea captain inherits a Texas ranch, but an old pirate enemy threatens his land and niece. Conrad Morgan becomes involved in the feud, where grievances from a sea battle have followed the men inland.

5

Seven Days To Die

by J A Johnstone

2010

Mistaken for an escaped prisoner, Kid Morgan is locked up in Hell Gate. A proposed escape offers a chance at freedom, but finding the real killer and deciding whom to trust remain dangerous problems.

6

The Big Gundown

by J A Johnstone

2010

An outlaw former colonel uses a cannon to rob trains, prompting a railroad owner to seek Conrad Morgan’s help. After the gang attacks civilians, Morgan infiltrates the criminals to stop their campaign.

7

Crossfire

by J A Johnstone

2011

Conrad Browning searches San Francisco’s red-light district for his kidnapped twins. A crime lord and a mob feud stand between him and his children, while his father Frank Morgan joins the rescue effort.

8

Killer Poker

by J A Johnstone

2011

Searching for his missing children, Conrad Browning enters a high-stakes poker tournament in Denver. A cattle baron plans to lure him into the wilderness for a human hunt, turning a card game into a fight for survival.

9

The Blood of Renegades

by J A Johnstone

2011

Crossing Utah, Conrad Browning helps a Mormon woman fleeing a forced marriage and armed pursuers. Her past complicates the rescue, drawing the Loner into a conflict where appearances offer little protection from bullets.

10

The Bounty Killers

by J A Johnstone

2011

A mistaken identity and an old prison escape put a bounty on the Loner's head. Help from two women offers a way out of jail, but freedom brings a land war and more killers on his trail.

11

Trail of Blood

by J A Johnstone

2011

Conrad Browning learns he has twins he has never met and heads east to find them. His former fiancée's secrecy and hired killers lead him toward a Kansas town where greed keeps his children hidden.

12

Brutal Vengeance

by J A Johnstone

2012

The Loner joins a posse pursuing Warren Latch's outlaws across West Texas. When the quarry fights back, dwindling allies and doubts about his companions leave him caught in a running battle with betrayal close behind.

13

Bullets Don't Die

by J A Johnstone

2012

Conrad Browning tries to help aging marshal Jared Tate, whose failing memory leaves him vulnerable. In Kansas Territory, the Loner takes on both Tate's enemies and the dangers created by a good lawman's troubled mind.

14

Hard Luck Money

by J A Johnstone

2012

Katherine Lupo believes someone freed her train-robber father to use him in another crime, then murdered him. A Texas Ranger recruits the Loner to infiltrate the operation, where uncovering its leader means risking his own life.

15

Inferno

by J A Johnstone

2012

After a wagon train is attacked and four women are captured, the Loner follows their trail across the Rio Grande. He joins scalp hunters to reach them before a slave trader does, entering a dangerous alliance.

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