Last Gunfighter Books In Order

The Last Gunfighter Books In Publication Order

  1. The Drifter (2000)
  2. Reprisal (2000)
  3. Ghost Valley (2001)
  4. The Forbidden (2001)
  5. Showdown (2002)
  6. Imposter (2002)
  7. Rescue (2003)
  8. The Burning (2003)
  9. No Man’s Land (2004)
  10. Manhunt (2004)
  11. Violent Sunday (2005)
  12. Renegades (2005)
  13. Savage Country (2006)
  14. The Devil’s Legion (2006)
  15. Avenger (2007)
  16. Hell Town (2007)
  17. Ambush Valley (2008)
  18. Killing Ground (2008)
  19. Slaughter (2009)
  20. Sudden Fury (2009)
  21. Winter Kill (2009)
  22. Dead Before Sundown (2011)
  23. Montana Gundown (2012)

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The Drifter

The bestselling novels of William W. Johnstone’s ‘Last Gunfighter’ series rank among the most boldly authentic portrayals of the American West and the indomitable men and women who carved out a place there. Now, relive how the legend began with this first chapter in the ground breaking saga of warriors and outlaws, lawmen and adventurers, and innocents in need of a hero…
Once, Frank Morgan had a wife and a future on the land until a rich man with a grudge drove him out of Colorado. Since then, Morgan’s taken up the one skill that always came easy gun fighting and drifted to a mining town in the New Mexico Territory. But there’s nothing easy about two vicious gangs descending on the town and threatening to wreak havoc. With his reputation preceding him, Morgan is elected to stand in the outlaws’ way. And with nothing left to lose, he’s the last man who will ever back down…

Reprisal

William W. Johnstone is Zebra and Pinnacle’s most prolific writer, with over 100 books to his credit and over 100 million copies of his books in print. The Mountain Man series is considered a classic boldly authentic stories that capture the vanishing American frontier. The Last Gungfigther is brand new and takes up where The Mountain Man leaves off. In this second book, gunfighter Frank Morgan heads to Colorado in pursuit of the hombres who killed the only woman he ever loved.

Ghost Valley

Ghost Valley Outlaws have taken Frank Morgan’s son, and with all the good gunfighting men either dead or dying, Morgan knows he’ll be riding after the kidnappers alone. But just as he gets close to the men he’s hunting, he comes upon a ghost town nestled into the Rocky Mountain valley. For Morgan, the mystery of what happened to the town and of the deadly spirit that haunts it has to take second fiddle to what’s brought him this far. Determined to free his son, he’ll lure his enemies to this godforsaken place, where amidst the ghosts, the gunfighters, and the gunsmoke, hell make sure the killing is real.

The Forbidden

Outlaws had smashed his life, left his wife dying, and carried off his son. Now all Frank Morgan wants is to hang up his guns and settle down in peace. But all that changes when he rides into the middle of a Montana range war, where a valley has been ripped apart by hatred and fears…
and where his legend proves to be as dangerous as his gun. The blood of innocent men, women and children has been shed. On one side is a small army of ranchers; on the other a stubborn band of farming families. With each side suspecting that the other brought in Frank Morgan, the gunman’s reputation fans the flames of war. But a strange thing happens to a man who has been living a wanderer’s life. In a battle that’s not his, Frank must choose a side, make a stand, and be willing to die for a place some people will call home…
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Showdown

Frank Morgan has drifted down to Idaho after a wild range war in Montana, and his fame as a gunfighter is traveling fast and far ahead of him. With his face on the covers of newspapers and dozens of dime novels, he’s got no where left to hide. Because gunning down a legend like Frank has become more than an obsession to some menit’s a high stakes sport. Now, bankrolled by rich and powerful men from the East, a dozen highly skilled killers have finally gotten what they wanted: the elusive Frank Morgan in their sights. But Morgan is deadliest when he’s corneredand he’ll be damned if he dies for any man’s greed.

Imposter

With his legend dogging him everywhere he goes, Frank Morgan longs for a place to settle down. His choice is a remote corner of untamed Northern California, a land of towering trees and rugged hills. But for Frank, the haven is a hell. A man who is his exact look alike has been terrorizing the local population, and when the townspeople get their hands on Frank, a hangman’s rope is sure to follow. If he’s going to be taken for an outlaw, Frank Morgan is going to act like one. Busting out of jail with a six gun and a plan, he’s leaving this paradise behindand won’t come back until he’s planted a killer in the ground…

Rescue

In California, Frank Morgan nearly fond a home. But now he’s pulled up stakes and hit the road again, aiming to reach the high desert of Arizona. For Frank, the plan changes when he steps into a saloon in a dusty boom town called Los Angeles. That’s where he learns that his nemesis, Val Dooley, has found anew business: the selling of young women into prostitution, with the victims as young as 12 years old, and the survivors ending up drugged and beaten. Frank wastes no time in tracking his enemy, travelling from California to New Mexico and West Texas. What he doesn’t know is that Val Dooley has been waiting for him all along: for one last chance to bring the last gunfighter down in a hail of lead.

The Burning

William W. Johnstone’s Gunfighter novels have made him a national bestselling author and confirmed his standing as America’s most popular chronicler of the wild West and of the men and women who tamed it. Now, he brings his gritty, hard edged vision of the frontier to a story of greed, power and courage, as a beautiful land is caught in the grips of a dirty little war…

The Burning

When Frank Morgan sets up camp in a lush valley in Montana, the last thing he expects to see is fires lighting up the night sky as fields, farms and homes are torched by so called ‘range detectives’ working for two powerful ranchers. For the ranchers, the battle lines have been drawn in the form of newly settled farmland that’s cutting through the ranges, separating cattle from grazing land and water. But the settlers are breaking no law, and no one is going to prevent them from building their homes and towns until the ranchers turn to a pair of vicious mercenaries who won’t stop until they run out of bullets. Now, Frank Morgan finds himself taking gun in hand once more to help folks who desperately need it. Having fought his way across the frontier, he knows his time may be up but anyone fixing to kill the last gunfighter had better to be ready to die.

No Man’s Land

Kansas doesn’t want it. Neither does Texas. The 35 mile wide strip of land destined to become the Oklahoma panhandle is a place unlike any other on the frontier: with no laws, no rules, and a powerful attraction for killers, looters, and fugitives. Frank Morgan, a gunfighter feared by all and hated by some, has been warned to stay the hell out of ‘the strip.’ But warnings never did work well on Morgan, and he’s more determined than ever to stay when an ambush nearly takes his life. Soon, in a remote cabin in the heart of No Man’s Land, Morgan will wake up to discover that he has just cause and a burning need to go out and fight. All he lacks is an ally in a place where all his enemies want him dead.

Manhunt

Business is booming in Chirichua Junction, on the edge of a great northern river basin. Buyt with cattlemen lined up against sheep men, the land has turned into a war zone, and the town constable is a dirty as they come. Fresh from a violent confrontation with a fellow Manhunter, Frank Morgan is called to Chirichua Junction by his old Civil War commander and arrives just as an angry rancher is taking the law into this own hands. Suddenly, good men and bad are poised to kill. And when the fight rages out of control, and the line between right and wrong disappears, Frank Morgan is at his best: the last gunfighter delivering the last word with hot lead and gunsmoke…

Violent Sunday

When iron clears leather, anything can happen. In Frank Morgan’s case, a sudden duel with an assassin has left an innocent woman with a bullet in her back and a friendship between Frank and a young Texas Ranger in tatters. Wanting to make up for his part in the tragedy, Frank rides to central Texas to help Ranger Tyler Beaumont put down the so called Fence Cutting War. But as big ranchers battle small ones, an outlaw gang has hellish plans of its own. Now, as an innocent town is threatened with annihilation, Frank must make his final stand on a hot Sunday in Texas when the dying will say their final prayers…

Renegades

On the boarder between Mexico and Texas, Frank Morgan is caught between two warring ranchers, men who speak different languages but share the same stubborn courage and are both being terrorised by a raider called the Black Scorpion. Texas Rangers are struggling to bring law and order to the chaos. But as the air is split by the sound of gunfire and men and women die, Morgan starts to see a different picture and even comes face to face with the Black Scorpion himself. Suddenly, amidst deep deceptions, double crosses and secret liaisons, the last gunfighter has become the next renegade. And in this war, Frank Morgan’s worst enemies are wearing their own kind of masks and killing in plain sight…

Savage Country

William W. Johnstone’s frontier novels bring to life the alliances, the violent struggles and individual acts of courage that shaped a nation. Now, Johnstone returns to the saga of Frank Morgan, a man facing his past while death stalks his every move…
Blood Is Thicker Than Water…
And More Precious Than Gold. For Frank Morgan, a reunion with his estranged son brings back bittersweet memories of another time and place. Conrad Morgan is an Eastern businessman trying to build a railroad through an untamed corner of New Mexico Territory. Even though Frank has revenge hungry killers on his trail, his kin needs him now. So with a gun toting, hard loving beauty named Rebel by their side, father and son ride straight into a pitched battle with hired killers and furious Apache warriors. It’s a firestorm more treacherous and evil than Frank Morgan has ever faced. Because a criminal mastermind is in the middle of it, waiting for a chance kill two Morgans for the price of one…

The Devil’s Legion

William W. Johnstones novels brilliantly capture the spirit of a land that didnt come cheapand the power of a single mans courage. Drawing on actual historical characters from Arizonas early history, William W. Johnstone sets his new Frank Morgan novel against the backdrop of the fierce red territoryand the people who carved out a harsh land and made it home. In the Mongollon Rim country of Arizona, Frank Morgan walked into a blood feud between two powerful cattle barons. When the shooting stopped and the smoke cleared, Morgan had killed one of the men. Now, the dead mans family wants revenge, and the surviving rancher wants to silence Frank Morgan forever. Suddenly, the last gunfighter is on his own against a devils brew of murderous enemies. And amidst the lying and the killing is the beautiful young woman whose father Frank shot downand one last thing worth dying to defend…

Avenger

William W. Johnstones epic westerns brilliantly pit the courage of a man alone against the rugged landscape of frontier America. Weaving actual historical characters and events with hoof pounding suspense, Johnstones new Frank Morgan adventure finds the Wests last gunfighter facing his toughest enemy yet. When Frank Morgan finds theres a price on his head, theres only one thing to dokill the man who put it thereand if he avenges the death of his beloved doing so, the sweeter the justice. But the trail of revenge hides many an ambush. From hired killers to hooded night riders, theres no rest for the last gunfighter, especially when a beautiful young trick rider needs his help. Guns blazing, the dust never settling, vengeance comes to a showdown in a Nevada ghost town, where an army of gunmen lies in wait

Hell Town

From the harsh, windswept prairies to the rough and bare knuckle mountain towns, USA Today bestseller William W. Johnstone has chronicled one mans epic journey of survival, justice and a longing for a place to call home. Now, Frank Morgan is a lone lawman in a living hell. Buckskin, Nevada, was once a boomtown, then died a peaceful death. But when a fresh vein of silver is struck, Morgan lets himself get pinned with a tin badge at the worst possible time. Its not the crooked gamblers, the petty swindlers, or the stray murderer or two that will give Morgan problems. Instead, the governor sends his militia unbidden, an iron fisted military commander has an agenda of his own, and an outlaw gang decides the time is ripe for an all out assault on Buckskin. Now, to put out the fire thats stoking a murderous cauldron, the last gunfighter will break rules of law and Godand duel the men whove come to make a killing of their ownwith Morgan their first target.

Ambush Valley

Yuma Prison is a fetid hellhole filled with the dregs of humanity killers, thieves and backstabbers who’d kill over a scrap of meat. Now it’s home to Frank Morgan, who’s posing as an inmate. A ruthless outlaw named Cicero McCoy has buried a fortune in stolen bank money in a harsh, desolate little piece of hell known as Ambush Valley. To get Cicero to lead him to the loot, Frank has become Cicero’s new best friend behind bars and co plotter of a daring breakout. Soon, the last gunfighter and a stone cold killer are blazing away at enemies on both sides of the law. Until the time comes for Frank Morgan to make a fatal choice and for one of them to die…

Killing Ground

Franks Morgan returns in William W. Johnstone’s USA Today bestselling Last Gunfighter and in his deadliest adventure yet…
Few Men Return From The Place They Call Ambush Valley Yuma Prison is a fetid hellhole filled with the dregs of humanity killers, thieves and backstabbers who’d kill over a scrap of meat. Now it’s home to Frank Morgan, who’s posing as an inmate. A ruthless outlaw named Cicero McCoy has buried a fortune in stolen bank money in a harsh, desolate little piece of hell known as Ambush Valley. To get Cicero to lead him to the loot, Frank has become Cicero’s new best friend behind bars and co plotter of a daring breakout. Soon, the last gunfighter and a stone cold killer are blazing away at enemies on both sides of the law. Until the time comes for Frank Morgan to make a fatal choice and for one of them to die…

Slaughter

When Frank Morgan gets to a town called Los Angeles, he can see the forces gathering around him. For the Spanish landowners, wealth is measured in cattle on the open range. For hard nosed oilmen, a fortune is in the ground in the form of shining black crude oil…
When blood is spilled on the sun seared land, Morgan allies himself with a beautiful, widowed rancher even as he cuts a deal with an ambitious wildcatter. Morgan is not trying out treachery. He’s just trying to get to the truth about a cycle of violence that’s about to explode. But when he discovers that a third party has entered the fray, Morgan knows the rules have changed and justice will only be forged with bullets.

Sudden Fury

Half Man, Half Beast, All Terror – It kills like an animal. Growling Clawing. Ripping. The loggers call it ‘The Terror of the Redwoods.’ A local timber baron has put a bounty on the hide of this man-beast, and the woods are teeming with so many trigger-happy dolts and half-cocked drunkards that someone’s bound to get hurt – and bad. Frank Morgan doesn’t believe in such creatures and decides to get to the bottom of this tall tale. But when he meets the timber baron’s beautiful daughter, all bets are off. Something is out there. Someone’s set a trap. And Morgan just stuck his Bigfoot right into it…

Winter Kill

It was a favour to a dead friend: Frank Morgan is shepherding a group of mail order brides to a brawling Alaska boomtown called Skagway. A bushwhacking, a storm racked sea voyage, and an anything but friendly reception isn’t enough to stop Morgan and his blushing brides. But a beautiful woman has a lucrative plot on her mind in the wild, wild north where men are mad with greed and loneliness. Now the last gunfighter will need skills he didn’t know he had plus a few he knows he does. Because this Alaska winter has turned into a death trap. And only the brave, the fierce and the lucky will be alive to see the winter thaw…

Dead Before Sundown

Frank Morgan survived his first trip to Alaska. Barely. Now, in Western Canada, Morgan and a band of survivors encounter an arch enemy with a fortune in ill gotten gains money he will use to supply murderous Metis rebels with stolen US Army Gatling guns to use for a bloodbath and the Last Gunfighter is now in their way. But before the rebels can kill him, a daring US secret agent joins his side. In a harsh and untamed land, Frank Morgan will soon face the ultimate battle for survival before an all out civil war explodes.

Montana Gundown

Frank Morgan has one son he knows of and Kid Morgan has become famous in his own right. But in Montana, Frank comes face to face with a young man with a deadly swagger and a stunning claim: that he’s Frank’s son, too. And he’s here to gun his old man down. For Frank, the first thing to do is find out if Brady Morgan is truly his own flesh and blood. That means tracking down a woman he once loved, and then untangling her lies, lust and a scheme to steal prime Montana ranch land. Suddenly, Frank is in the middle of an exploding range war and he’s standing on the opposite side from young Brady Morgan. In a clash of guns and greed, two Morgans will face each other one last time: to decide who will live and who will die…