1. Law of the Gun (Plainsman Series)
Nate Carlton returns from the Civil War to South Carolina and finds that Reconstruction has destroyed the life he expected to resume. Homeless and forced westward, he survives by relying on the discipline and violence he learned during the war. The novel follows the beginning of…
2. Making of a Lawman (Plainsman Series)
Nate Carlton has begun to build a new reputation as a trail boss, driving cattle out of the post-war South and into the western economy. When he reaches the mining town of Langtonville, he finds Isobel Hart and her family caught between land grabbers, criminal interests…
3. Comanche Moon
Nate Carlton returns from a cattle drive to his South Texas ranch expecting a winter of recovery and work. The Uvalde valley is still rebuilding after the Civil War, but its position near Comanche country leaves it exposed to raids, rumours and renewed frontier violence. When…
4. Troubled Border
Nate Carlton interrupts a bank robbery at the trailhead and discovers that the raid is tied to a political cause rather than ordinary theft. Drawn toward the borderlands, he becomes involved with rebels, smugglers and men still trying to refight or exploit the conflicts left by…
5. Railroad Raiders
In the early 1870s, Nate Carlton is asked to investigate a gang attacking trains, stealing silver and cattle, and disappearing before lawmen can identify them. He goes undercover among railroad workers, entering a world where rail construction, transport money and frontier criminal networks overlap. The novel…