Trailsman Books in Order
Explore the Trailsman books by Jon Sharpe in order, with short summaries to follow Skye Fargo's frontier adventures and choose where to begin reading.
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Trailsman books in publication order
396 books
Gunsmoke Gulch
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Skye Fargo confronts a gang kidnapping women and selling them into slavery. Among those caught in its crimes is Annie, whose clue to a valuable gold mine draws him into another dangerous trail of deception.
Pawnee Bargain
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Major Duvall's pursuit of Pawnee chief Red Buffalo threatens the lives of everyone caught between them. Skye Fargo enters the conflict as the two ruthless adversaries push their struggle toward a deadly confrontation on the frontier.
Queen's High Bid
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Verna, Rosalie, and Abby ask Skye Fargo to locate an outlaw’s golden legacy. All three women bear the outlaw’s brand, linking them to the fortune the Trailsman must search for in this Western adventure.
Riverboat Gold
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Skye Fargo and Canyon O’Grady meet aboard a riverboat while pursuing different missions. Fargo investigates raids on grain shipments, while O’Grady works undercover to stop British gold from being smuggled to the Confederacy.
Secret Six-Guns
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Skye Fargo investigates the disappearance of his old friend Doc Emerson after a local search finds neither answers nor a body. Following the trail brings him into contact with a mysterious gunman dressed entirely in black.
Shoshoni Spirits
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Skye Fargo encounters Melody Abbott, who wants to recover a fortune lost when her husband disappeared during an attack. Her beauty conceals a talent for deception, complicating the Trailsman's involvement in the search for missing wealth.
Sierra Shootout
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Skye Fargo rides into the Sierra Nevada mountains and finds himself among feuding ranchers, bandits, and women who complicate his travels. This Trailsman adventure places the roaming scout in another volatile corner of the Western frontier.
The Coronado Killers
by Jon Sharpe
1990
Tracking a notorious killer south of the border, Skye Fargo must contend with Sam Cutter's fiercely loyal daughter. She will do whatever it takes to protect her father, complicating the Trailsman's pursuit through dangerous country.
Arizona Slaughter
by Jon Sharpe
1991
The powerful Otero ranching family offers Skye Fargo money to stop Apache attacks threatening its land. His assignment grows more complicated when he discovers that the Apache themselves face a dangerous enemy in Spanish slave traders.
Blood Canyon
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Stagecoach hijackings offer Skye Fargo the prospect of a substantial reward, but following the thieves means entering country marked by murder. Accompanied by an armed woman, he investigates stolen coaches, concealed motives, and a ruthless killer.
Counterfeit Cargo
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Hired to lead a wagon train across the mountains, Skye Fargo expects a demanding journey through Western country. The women traveling with the convoy bring complications that make his guiding assignment more troublesome than he anticipated.
Doomsday Wagons
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Skye Fargo and Robin Carr follow a trail of bodies westward from Minnesota. Their pursuit of a mysterious man leads toward the renegades responsible for the killings, turning their journey into a hunt for murderers.
Gold Mine Madness
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Skye Fargo signs on to protect a convoy of wagon trains heading into the Rockies in search of gold. Six canyons stand between the travelers and their destination, with local inhabitants determined to halt their passage.
Gun Valley
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Apaches mistake Skye Fargo for the man responsible for brutal attacks on their people and wound him with an arrow. Closing on the real killers brings another injury, leaving him unarmed in Arizona and determined to retaliate.
Kansas Kill
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Raiders murder Skye Fargo's friend Doc Shubert, sending the Trailsman after the killers. A rancher's widow offers a bounty for the same men, joining his personal pursuit of vengeance with another family's demand for justice.
Lone Star Lightning
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Skye Fargo pursues a band of murderers and rapists alongside a female bounty hunter. Their shared targets bring them together, but her fierce ideas about punishment add another complication to his effort to bring the criminals down.
Renegade Rifles
by Jon Sharpe
1991
The settlers of Red Sand avoid provoking nearby tribes even while passing wagon trains are massacred. Skye Fargo intervenes to stop the killings, then places himself in greater danger by investigating who is really behind the attacks.
Southern Belles
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Women vanish from cabins aboard the Mississippi paddle-wheeler Gypsy Queen, drawing Skye Fargo into an unusual investigation. Using three volunteers as bait, he follows the disappearances ashore, where ambushes and violent enemies await his search.
Tamarind Trail
by Jon Sharpe
1991
Wyoming Manhunt
by Jon Sharpe
1991
After witnessing the crimes of renegade Blue Raven, Skye Fargo finds himself targeted by the killer. Pursued through Wyoming's wild country, the Trailsman must survive a hunt in which he has become the intended victim.
Beartown Bloodshed
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Twin sisters enlist Skye Fargo to find their missing father, and he agrees to take up the search. The assignment threatens to bring the Trailsman into conflict with a cattle baron known for his dangerous power.
Blood Prairie
by Jon Sharpe
1992
A blizzard strands a theater troupe in Kansas, and Skye Fargo agrees to guide its wagon train through the storm. Cheyenne attackers and a treacherous guide with armed followers turn the rescue into a dangerous journey.
Coins of Death
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo undertakes a job transporting gold coins from Denver's Auraria Mint. The valuable cargo attracts thieves and other threats, while doubts about the companions chosen for the trip make it difficult to know whom to trust.
Colorado Quarry
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo travels into Pawnee territory and finds that two dangerous women pose threats of their own. Forced to face enemies without his guns, the Trailsman must rely on his bare hands to survive the confrontation.
Desert Death
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo heads into New Mexico's desert to rescue a young woman and a group of pilgrims threatened by extreme heat. A band of outlaws adds another danger to his effort to bring the travelers to safety.
Gold Fever
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo accepts a job guiding wealthy Boston tenderfoot James Wainwright and his inexperienced companions out of Denver. Wainwright's sister gives him another reason to take an interest in a journey through dangerous Western country.
Kentucky Colts
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo becomes entangled with a married woman and her stepdaughter while violence strikes Windsor Bell. A gang of murderous raiders begins looting the place, adding armed danger to an already complicated situation for the Trailsman.
Montana Fire Smoke
by Jon Sharpe
1992
A wealthy man demands retaliation against Cheyenne raiders in Montana Territory, and Army Captain Desmond Cogswell prepares his troops for battle. The Trailsman's latest frontier adventure unfolds amid calls for vengeance and mounting danger of war.
Nevada Warpath
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo promises a dying Pony Express rider that he will finish delivering the mail through territory torn by a Paiute war. Escorting two women along the same route makes his dangerous undertaking still more complicated.
Redwood Revenge
by Jon Sharpe
1992
When lawless mountain men kill the woman he loves, Skye Fargo sets out to avenge her death. Finding the killers becomes a race for survival, since the same outlaws are prepared to turn their guns on him.
Snake River Butcher
by Jon Sharpe
1992
A trader named Killian exploits settlers buying supplies at his corrupt trading post. Skye Fargo rides out to confront him, taking on an operation that profits from people poorly equipped to recognize the dangers awaiting them.
The Silver Maria
by Jon Sharpe
1992
Skye Fargo investigates the murder of a woman's father amid a Mexican regiment's collapse into outlawry. Renegade soldiers, another outlaw, and an Apache tribe preparing for battle leave him with several dangerous suspects to sort through.
Abilene Ambush
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo reaches Abilene, Kansas, hoping to rest, but five women need his help escaping danger. Their demands draw him away from his planned respite and into a hazardous expedition.
Buffalo Guns
by Jon Sharpe
1993
In western Kansas, killings threaten to turn the Kiowa and Cheyenne against each other and endanger nearby settlers. Skye Fargo investigates the violence while confronting powerful buffalo hunter Duke Manning and the ambitions behind the bloodshed.
Cougar Dawn
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo enters Idaho's mountains to locate a mining magnate's missing son. The search brings him into contact with hostile Shoshone, an unstable mountain man, and a trader whose dealings make an already dangerous assignment more complicated.
Deathblow Trail
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo guides a group of heirs toward a rich gold deposit in the Southwest. Following the Butterfield Trail, he must protect the party from bandits and Apache attacks while keeping their expedition moving.
Golden Bullets
by Jon Sharpe
1993
A missing young woman draws Skye Fargo into trouble around a Black Hills mining company. As he searches for her, a series of killings turns the assignment into an investigation of dangerous secrets.
Montana Mayhem
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo rescues Agatha Jennings from outlaws and becomes entangled with her hostile relatives. What begins as an act of help draws the Trailsman deeper into trouble involving the family and Snake Haddock's band of killers.
Moon Lake Massacre
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo travels to Moon Lake, Utah, to help his old friend Ben Adams, only to discover Ben has been murdered. The search for answers entangles him in a violent conflict between a rancher and local farmers.
Sage River Conspiracy
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo expects a peaceful stay in New Dublin, an Irish settlement on the frontier. Gunfire and accumulating bodies shatter that respite, drawing the Trailsman into violence beneath the town's seemingly welcoming surface as danger spreads.
Silver Fury
by Jon Sharpe
1993
The remote Rockies town of Serenity seems peaceful until Skye Fargo discovers the brutality beneath its quiet appearance. Ruled by smooth-talking Traute, it becomes a trap that leaves him stripped of weapons and fighting to survive.
Texas Triggers
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Four murdered cowhands lead Skye Fargo toward Deadwood, where a violent sheriff and a powerful cattle baron dominate the range. A puzzling message and the baron's elusive presence complicate his attempt to discover what is happening.
The Killing Corrider
by Jon Sharpe
1993
General Eakins recruits Skye Fargo to investigate Pawnee attacks that the Army cannot stop. The Trailsman's search uncovers questions about gold smuggling and Confederate financing as tensions before the Civil War conceal a wider conspiracy.
Tomahawk Justice
by Jon Sharpe
1993
Skye Fargo accompanies a Shoshone chief on a vision quest through Yellowstone country. With two sisters also in danger, the journey becomes a struggle to survive attacks by a hostile band called the Bloods.
Ambush at Skull Pass
by Jon Sharpe
1994
In a Colorado valley, Skye Fargo confronts a conflict involving Utes, a gold town and its powerful boss. Betrayal and murder complicate his efforts, while a woman claims that he is her husband.
California Quarry
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Cheyenne Crossfire
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Finding a murdered woman in his bed puts Skye Fargo under suspicion. He must identify her killers and clear his name before the evidence against him turns a dangerous situation into a fatal one.
Crowheart's Revenge
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Skye Fargo crosses the Mojave searching for a missing company of soldiers. An unlikely group of companions and attacks by bandits complicate the rescue mission, leaving him fighting to keep the expedition alive.
Death Trails
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Three bushwhackers rob Skye Fargo, drawing him onto a dangerous trail involving Mescalero Apaches. The troubles of Dulcy Abbot, a businessman's daughter, further complicate his efforts to deal with the men who attacked him.
Nebraska Nightmare
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Oklahoma Ordeal
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Prairie Fire
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Skye Fargo accompanies an English lord on a hunting expedition with the lord's wife and her maid. An Arapaho attack turns the outing into a fight for survival on the prairie.
Saguaro Showdown
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Sent to Arizona to investigate a private Mexican army, Skye Fargo faces a threat that could ignite war between Mexico and the United States. A daughter's request to rescue her mother adds another urgent mission.
Savage Guns
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Springfield Sharpshooters
by Jon Sharpe
1994
Skye Fargo enters a contest to determine the best gun in the West, facing a renowned lawman, a buffalo hunter and sharpshooter Dottie Wheatridge. Murder threatens to turn their competition into a deadly confrontation.
The Sawdust Trail
by Jon Sharpe
1994
A Russian agent recruits Skye Fargo to recover a stolen jeweled Easter egg from an Oregon circus. Revolutionary intrigue makes the assignment dangerous, and Fargo struggles to determine which of his new acquaintances he can trust.
Black Mesa Treachery
by Jon Sharpe
1995
In Santa Fe, Skye Fargo investigates a Mexican monk linked to a violent cult. A mysterious gunman in robes deepens the danger as Fargo follows the threat toward a confrontation at Black Mesa.
Colorado Carnage
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Skye Fargo guides three inexperienced schoolteachers through the Rocky Mountain wilderness. Their journey turns deadly when hired killers working for a murderous millionaire attack the party, forcing Fargo to defend his charges.
Dakota Death House
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Threatened with a murder accusation, Skye Fargo is forced to help search for a missing will tied to the Kendrick estate. The assignment takes him into Dakota country, where rival interests complicate the hunt.
Ghost Ranch Massacre
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Murders on an Arizona ranch draw Skye Fargo into a mystery involving a wealthy rancher, Hopi traditions and a traveling magician. The rancher's daughters and the magician's stolen props add complications to his investigation.
Kiowa Command
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Nez Perce Nightmare
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Skye Fargo becomes involved when a lynch mob threatens a young Nez Perce man. With other members of the tribe seeking revenge and a preacher's widow caught in the trouble, he faces an escalating conflict.
North Country Guns
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Revenge at Lost Creek
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Skye Fargo leads a group of fortune seekers into the Montana badlands to recover hidden gold. The dangerous terrain and his companions' greed make the expedition a struggle to reach the treasure alive.
Rogue River Feud
by Jon Sharpe
1995
Along Oregon's Rogue River, Skye Fargo gets caught in a timber family's feud. A powerful lumberman's plan to use an assassin against his own relatives forces Fargo to intervene in a deadly dispute.
The Texas Terror
by Jon Sharpe
1995
The Tornado Trail
by Jon Sharpe
1995
While driving cattle through Oklahoma, Skye Fargo leaves the herd to help find a girl kidnapped by Choctaws. The rescue mission draws him away from his original job and into further danger.
Yukon Massacre
by Jon Sharpe
1995
In Russian Alaska, Skye Fargo joins a dangerous expedition with a crew he cannot trust. A missing woman's plight and the captors' concealed purpose turn the journey into a struggle against human threats and Arctic conditions.
Apache Arrows
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Betrayal at El Diablo
by Jon Sharpe
1996
In the Mexican village of Los Ricos, Skye Fargo encounters a warlord, an aristocrat and a woman concealing important secrets. Their competing interests draw him into a dangerous struggle around El Diablo.
Colorado Wolfpack
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Skye Fargo helps prospector Ike McDermott protect a mine from Wolf Rollins and his gang. A widow and an Indigenous woman facing an unwanted marriage become entangled in the violence surrounding the claim.
Curse of the Grizzly
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Skye Fargo hunts a grizzly that has been killing people, but the assignment involves more than a dangerous animal. Two women and the promise of a lost mine's fortune complicate his mission.
Dead Man's River
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Two women who despise each other both ask Skye Fargo for help, pulling him in opposing directions. As their dispute turns violent, he must work out whose account he can trust.
Death Valley Bloodbath
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Sagebrush Skeletons
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Wagon-train massacres in the Black Hills are blamed on the Cheyenne, but Skye Fargo doubts the evidence. He investigates the killings as preparations for a new fort's dedication bring further complications.
Socorro Slaughter
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Pursuing Santiago Maxwell's gang in New Mexico Territory, Skye Fargo becomes entangled in a range war. Rival landowners William Ragsdale and Hernando Rivera complicate a hunt in which allies and enemies are hard to distinguish.
Sutter's Secret
by Jon Sharpe
1996
In the violent town of Hell's Picket, Skye Fargo is framed for murder and sentenced to hang. His prospects depend on a woman whose shooting ability matches his own as he confronts the accusation.
The Greenback Trail
by Jon Sharpe
1996
A counterfeit-money cache brings Skye Fargo into trouble in Wyoming. With a father and daughter connected to a map and outlaws pursuing the prize, he must navigate the competing interests surrounding the hidden currency.
Utah Trackdown
by Jon Sharpe
1996
A woman's promise of payment sends Skye Fargo into the Uinta Mountains. Mysterious killers and religious extremists known as the Destroying Angels turn the assignment into a dangerous confrontation far from easy help.
Washington Warpath
by Jon Sharpe
1996
Facing imprisonment in San Francisco, Skye Fargo takes a job guiding an eccentric professor and his two daughters. Their search for a rare blue tanager offers an alternative to jail but carries its own risks.
Bayou Bloodbath
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Young women are disappearing from Louisiana's bayou country, drawing Skye Fargo into a rescue mission. His opponents are well-armed outlaws commanded by a persuasive leader, whose influence makes their operation especially dangerous to challenge.
Blood Canyon
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Skye Fargo follows the trail of a kidnapped ten-year-old girl into Montana Territory. The rescue leads to a millionaire's stone castle, where hired gunmen stand between Fargo and the child he has come to save.
Blue Sierra Renegades
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Residents of a quiet Mexican town believe Skye Fargo is dead. Meanwhile, a tall Texan takes on a bandit chieftain terrorizing the region, with a troubled woman caught up in the struggle for safety.
Bullet Hole Claims
by Jon Sharpe
1997
In the wilderness along the Iowa-Minnesota border, Skye Fargo encounters a murderous woman, hooded riders, a deceitful gambler, and a ruthless cattle baron. This stretch of open territory offers trouble from several directions at once.
Durango Duel
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Skye Fargo hunts the killer known as El Gato through Colorado's mountains with a young gunslinger beside him. Two sisters and Utes seeking revenge complicate a pursuit that becomes a deadly contest between hunter and quarry.
Mercy Manhunt
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Skye Fargo searches Wyoming for a wagon train whose passengers need smallpox vaccine. A bandit leader wants the medicine for himself, while greedy traveling companions make Fargo's effort to reach the afflicted settlers more dangerous.
Missouri Massacre
by Jon Sharpe
1997
A woman from Skye Fargo's past finds him on the Missouri plains, bringing a daughter into his care. Their reunion turns dangerous when a millionaire's hired guns pursue them, forcing Fargo to face unexpected family responsibilities.
Pecos Death
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Ivy Cambridge seeks Skye Fargo's protection from New Mexico desperadoes, presenting herself as a wealthy woman in danger. Fargo must judge whether she needs rescuing or is steering him into a scheme driven by greed.
Rocky Mountain Nightmare
by Jon Sharpe
1997
In the remote Rocky Mountains, Skye Fargo encounters an enormous castle and its unsettling inhabitants. A wealthy owner, an alluring woman, and a monstrous figure turn this unfamiliar stronghold into a threat to the Trailsman's survival.
Sioux War Cry
by Jon Sharpe
1997
Sioux warriors in Minnesota Territory possess exceptionally deadly firearms supplied by an unseen enemy. Skye Fargo confronts the armed fighters while trying to uncover who is provoking the violence and threatening the territory with bloodshed.
Target Gold
by Jon Sharpe
1997
A sheriff publicly announces that Skye Fargo is carrying a large gold shipment across New Mexico's desert. The disclosure turns a transport job into a dangerous journey, with the Trailsman exposed to anyone pursuing the fortune.
Vengeance at Dead Man Rapids
by Jon Sharpe
1997
In an Arizona town called Nowhere, Skye Fargo encounters a female writer and a gang of killers. A brutal crime sends him down the Colorado River, pursuing vengeance through dangerous country where the outlaws operate.
Black Gulch Gamble
by Jon Sharpe
1998
A cardsharp's casino is swallowing Blackgulch ranchers' wages, land, and cattle, backed by enforcers and corrupt local law. Skye Fargo enters the Texas town determined to challenge the gambling operation before its owner controls everything.
Bullets and Brides
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Traveling to meet a woman from his past, Skye Fargo stops to help a rancher in trouble. Kansas landowners are answering her resistance with arson and gunfire, drawing Fargo into her struggle against their organization.
Fort Ravage Conspiracy
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Skye Fargo enters Fort Ravage, a Nevada army outpost besieged by Paiute fighters. Inside, a commanding war hero and his daughter become part of a dangerous conspiracy, complicating a mission already surrounded by hostile forces.
Kansas Carnage
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Outlaws disguised as cavalrymen prey on Native American women in Kansas, provoking retaliation from Plains tribes. With help from a Pawnee woman, Skye Fargo tries to expose the deception before it ignites a wider war.
Montana Stage
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Mountain Mankillers
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Skye Fargo helps two orphaned sisters defend their family's gold claim in Dew Creek. When successful miners start disappearing, his protection job draws him toward a man whose influence has frightened the entire mining town.
Salmon River Rage
by Jon Sharpe
1998
A mysterious plague devastates Walnut Woods, where a hooded posse hangs suspected carriers. Far from official help, Skye Fargo tries to protect an orphan and a schoolteacher from vigilantes led by a man intent on killing.
Silver Hooves
by Jon Sharpe
1998
Skye Fargo rescues two sisters from rustlers in New Mexico's mountains, then begins questioning their innocence. Attacks on cattle drives suggest that the women he protected may be connected to the very crimes he is investigating.



































































































