A Carson Stone Western Series

Nate Morgan’s Spur Award-winning series continues with all the gun-blazing action of Larry McMurtry and the dark humor of The Sisters Brothers, as reformed outlaw Carson Stone’s quest for redemption sends him riding a hard trail in pursuit of the Wild West’s most wanted killer…

The most wanted man in the West, Big Bob McGraw has earned his reputation as a thief and killer. With a gang of trigger-happy desperadoes willing to do his bidding, McGraw has robbed banks, stagecoaches, and railroads, raised hell ravaging towns, and left bodies littering the streets in his wake.


Carson Stone rode with McGraw’s gang exactly once, minding their horses during a bank robbery, before quitting. But with the marshal of El Paso, Texas, gunned down in cold blood as the bandits escaped, he’s been judged guilty by association. To clear his name, Carson teams up with bounty hunter Colby Tate to track down the outlaws—now scattered across the frontier—and bring them to justice. And Carson must convince his partner to bring McGraw in alive or he’ll never escape the shadow of the hangman’s noose . . .

WINNER OF THE 2023 SPUR AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK WESTERN!

The first in a bold, new, gun-blazing Western series for fans of Patrick DeWitt’s The Sisters Brothers and Little Big Man by Thomas Guthrie.

In this razor-sharp Western debut, reformed outlaw Carson Stone stakes his claim in the untamed, bloody Idaho Territory — only to find himself trapped in a bullet-riddled nightmare he may not walk away from . . .





Former thief and wanted man Carson Stone dreams of a peaceful life on a ranch built by his own hands, but dreams don’t always come without a steep price. To earn a stake, Carson rides west to collect the reward on a claim-jumper. The land is beautiful, but times are hard as the territory is ravaged by the latest Indian war and a mining boom gone bust.


When Stone steps in to defend a family ambushed by murdering marauders, he makes a terrifying discovery: one of the hired killers carries a death list full of names and dollar amounts. But the names on this list belong to upstanding citizens, not criminals. When the local sheriff is gunned down in broad daylight, Carson takes on the one job he never wanted—pinning on a lawman’s tin star to protect the innocent.


A gang of ruthless killers are storming back to finish their work—and Carson Stone has just moved to the top of the death list.