J. A. Johnstone

Trapped in remote cabin with ruthless gunmen baying for blood, a family has to join forces with old friend, preacher. With blood thirst present they have to fight for power, land, and wealth especially with professional killers hired by baron whose orders are simple; wipe out homesteads.

The best place to start is the Dog Team series, the earliest of J. A. Johnstone's multi-book series: it opens with The Last of the Dog Team (1981) and runs to 4 books across 1981–2010, ending with Target Response (2010). J. A. Johnstone's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

J. A. Johnstone has 496 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2027. 471 of them belong to 92 named series — the largest being The First Mountain Man series with 32 books — and 25 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. J. A. Johnstone's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dog Team (1981–2010, 4 books), Rig Warrior (1987–2020, 4 books) and Blood Valley (1988–2010, 3 books), plus 88 more.

This guide splits J. A. Johnstone's 496 books into 92 named series and 25 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The First Mountain Man (32 books, 1991–2026); The Last Gunfighter (24 books, 2000–2024); Eagles (18 books, 1993–2013); Blood Bond (16 books, 1989–2012); The Loner (15 books, 2009–2012), plus 87 further series.