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James Reasoner

(b.1953)

aka Jim Austin, Peter Danielson, Terence Duncan, Tom Early, Jake Foster, William Grant, Matthew S Hart, Justin Ladd, Hank Mitchum, J L Reasoner, Dana Fuller Ross, Adam Rutledge

JAMES REASONER is a veteran writer of historical fiction and author of several volumes in the Wagons West Series. In addition to Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, and Chancellorsville in The Civil War Battle Series, he has written a frontier trilogy set in the years before the Lewis and Clark expedition. Reasoner lives near Azle. Texas.

Genres: Western, Historical, Horror, Science Fiction

Series

Children of the Lion (as by Peter Danielson)
   1. Children of the Lion (1980)
   2. The Shepherd Kings (1981)
   3. Vengeance of the Lion (1983)
   4. The Lion in Egypt (1984)
   5. The Golden Pharaoh (1986)
   6. Lord of the Nile (1986)
   7. The Prophecy (1987)
   8. Sword of Glory (1987)
   9. The Deliverer (1988)
   10. The Exodus (1989)
   11. The Sea Peoples (1990)
   12. Promised Land (1990)
   13. The Invaders (1991)
   14. The Trumpet and the Sword (1991)
   15. Prophets and Warriors (1992)
   16. Departed Glory (1993)
   17. The Death of Kings (1994)
   18. The Shining King (1995)
   19. Triumph of the Lion (1995)

Stagecoach Station (as by Hank Mitchum)
   1. Dodge City (1982)
   2. Laredo (1983)
   3. Cheyenne (1982)
   4. Tombstone (1983)
   5. Virginia City (1983)
   6. Santa Fe (1983)
   7. Seattle (1983)
   8. Fort Yuma (1983)
   9. Sonora (1983)
   10. Abilene (1984)
   11. Deadwood (1984)
   12. Tucson (1984)
   13. Carson City (1984)
   14. Cimarron (1984)
   15. Wichita (1984)
   16. Mojave (1985)
   17. Durango (1985)
   18. Casa Grande (1985)
   19. Last Chance (1985)
   20. Leadville (1985)
   21. Fargo (1985)
   22. Devil's Canyon (1986)
   23. El Paso (1986)
   24. Mesa Verda (1986)
   25. San Antonio (1986)
   26. Tulsa (1986)
   27. Pecos (1986)
   28. El Dorado (1987)
   29. Panhandle (1987)
   30. Rawhide (1987)
   31. Royal Coach (1987)
   32. Taos (1987)
   33. Death Valley (1987)
   34. Deadman Butte (1988)
   35. Bonanza City (1988)
   36. Casper (1988)
   37. Shawnee (1988)
   38. Grand Teton (1988)
   39. Fort Verde (1988)
   40. Silverado (1989)
   41. Red Buffalo (1989)
   42. Fort Davis (1989)
   43. Apache Junction (1989)
   44. Socorro (1989)
   45. Presidio (1989)
   46. North Platte (1990)
   47. Juarez (1990)
   48. Buffalo Station (1990)
   49. Gila Bend (1990)
   50. Buckskin Pass (1990)
   51. Wild West (1990)
   52. The Last Frontier (1991)

Abilene (as by Justin Ladd)
   1. The Peacemaker (1988)
   2. The Sharpshooter (1988)
   3. The Pursuers (1988)
   4. The Night Riders (1988)
   5. The Half Breed (1988)
   6. The Hangman (1989)
   7. The Prizefighter (1989)
   8. The Whiskey Runners (1989)
   9. The Tracker (1989)
   10. The General (1989)
   11. The Hellion (1989)
   12. The Cattle Baron (1990)
   13. The Pistoleer (1998)
   14. The Lawman (1990)
   15. The Barlow Brides (1990)
   16. The Deputy (1990)

Sons of Texas (as by Tom Early)
   1. Sons of Texas (1989)
   2. The Raiders (1989)
   3. The Rebels (1990)

Patriots (as by Adam Rutledge)
   1. Sons of Liberty (1992)
   2. Rebel Guns (1992)
   3. The Turncoat (1992)
   4. Life and Liberty (1993)
   5. Cannon's Call (1993)
   6. Stars and Stripes (1994)

Wind River
   1. Wind River (1994) (with L J Washburn)
   2. Thunder Wagon (1994)
   3. Wolf Shadow (1994) (with L J Washburn)
   4. Medicine Creek (1995)
   5. Dark Trail (1995)
   6. Judgement Day (1995)
   7. Ransom Valley (2012) (with L J Washburn)
   8. Outlaw Blood (2020) (with L J Washburn)

Walker, Texas Ranger
   1. Walker: Texas Ranger (1999)
   2. Hell's Half Acre (1999)
   3. Siege on the Belle (1999)

Civil War Battle
   1. Manassas (1999)
   2. Shiloh (1999)
   3. Antietam (2000)
   4. Chancellorsville (2000)
   5. Vicksburg (2001)
   6. Gettysburg (2001)
   7. Chickamauga (2002)
   8. Shenandoah (2002)
   9. Savannah (2003)
   10. Appomattox (2003)

Last Good War
   1. Battle Lines (2001)
   2. Trial by Fire (2002)
   3. Zero Hour (2003)

Palmetto (with Livia Hallam (Livia J Washburn))
1. Call to Arms (2005)
2. War Drums (2006)

Gabriel Hunt Adventures
1. Hunt At the Well of Eternity (2009)

Judge Earl Stark
   1. The Silver Alibi (2012)
   2. Deadlock (2013)
   3. The Bandera Brawl (2016)

Markham P.I.
   The Man in the Moon (2013)
   Death and the Dancing Shadows (2013)
   War Games (2013)

Outlaw Ranger
   1. Outlaw Ranger (2015)
   2. Hangman's Knot (2015)
   3. Blood and Gold (2015)
   5. Gun Devils of the Rio Grande (2016)
   5. Ravagers of the Border (2022)

Faraday
1. The Iron Horse (2021)
4. The Buffalo Train (2021) (with Robert Vaughan)

Novels

   Texas Wind (1980)
   Red River Ruse (1991) (with L J Washburn)
   Stark's Justice (1994)
   The Hawthorne Legacy (1994)
   The Diablo Grant (1995)
   Rivers of Gold (1995) (as by J L Reasoner)
   The Healer's Road (1995) (as by J L Reasoner)
   Crusade: Lyron's Lament (1995) (with Livia Reasoner (Livia J Washburn))
   The Wilderness Road (1996)
   Healer's Calling (1996) (as by J L Reasoner)
   Cossack Three Ponies (1997) (as by J L Reasoner)
   The Hunted (1997)
   Under Outlaw Flags (1998)
   Tie a Black Ribbon (2000) (with Livia J Washburn)
   Noah's Ride (2006) (with Phyllis Allen, Judy Alter, Mike Blackman, Mike Cochran, Jeff Guinn, Mary Dittoe Kelly, Elmer Kelton, James Ward Lee and Mary Rogers)
   Dust Devils (2007)
   Death Head Crossing (2007)
   Diamondback (2011)
   Redemption, Kansas (2011)
   Tractor Girl (2011)
   Redemption: Hunters (2012)
   Robbers Roost (2012)
   Rocky Mountain Showdown (2012)
   Texas Rangers (2012)
   Red River Desperadoes (2012)
   The Man From Nightshade Valley (2012) (with Ed Gorman)
   The Prodigal Gun (2012) (with Ed Gorman)
   Redemption: Trackdown (2013)
   Jur (2013) (with Tom Johnson)
   Dancing With Dead Men (2013)
   The Fyredrake's Prey (2014)
   Faraday: The Iron Horse (2019)

Omnibus

   Trails of the Wild (2013) (with Patti Abbott, Wayne D Dundee, Evan Lewis, Matthew Pizzolato, Kieran Shea and Chuck Tyrell)
   Six-Guns (2015) (with James J Griffin, Karl Lassiter (Robert E Vardeman), Clay More, Frank Roderus and Jory Sherman)
   Legends of the Gun (2015) (with Clay More, Michael Newton, Robert J Randisi, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman and L J Washburn)
   Best of the West (2017) (with David W Amendola, J L Guin, Jackson Lowry, Clay More, Kit Prate, Richard Prosch, Charlie Steel, Livia J Washburn and Big Jim Williams)
   Rattler's Law: Volume One (2021)
   Rattler's Law: Volume Two (2021)

Collections

   Legend (1999) (with Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, Elmer Kelton and Robert J Randisi)
   Old Times' Sake (2007)
   The Traditional West (2011) (with Jackson Lowry, L J Martin, Kerry Newcomb, Kit Prate, Robert J Randisi, Dusty Richards and L J Washburn)
   The Paths of Righteousness (2011)
   Fort Worth Nights (2012)
   Six-guns and Slay Bells (2012) (with Douglas Hirt, C Courtney Joyner, Matthew P Mayo, Cheryl Pierson, Robert J Randisi, Troy D Smith, Larry D Sweazy and L J Washburn)
   Powdersmoke Christmas (2015)
   Tales from the Otherverse (2015) (with Lou Antonelli, Bill Crider, Scott A Cupp, John Hegenberger, Scott Dennis Parker, Cheryl Pierson, Richard Prosch, Robert E Vardeman and Keith West)
   The Untamed West (2018) (with Dorothy A Bell, Dennis Doty, Ben Goheen, J E S Hays, Jeffrey J Mariotte, Matthew P Mayo, Angela Raines, Tom Rizzo and L J Washburn)
   Tales of the Old West (2018) (with David W Amendola, John D Nesbitt, Cheryl Pierson, Darrel Sparkman and L J Washburn)

Novellas

   The Red Reef (2012)
   Devil Wings Over France (2012)
   Savage Blood (2012)
   Look You On Beauty And Death (2013) (with Livia J Washburn)
   The Phantom Ranger and the Skateboard Gang (2013) (with Livia Reasoner (Livia J Washburn))
   Last Chance Canyon (2014)
   Mockingbird and Bid Earl (2014) (with Livia Reasoner (Livia J Washburn))
   Last Stagecoach to Hell! (2014)
   The Blood of the Fallen (2015)
   Twerp In Time: Missing! City Of Gold (2015) (with Livia Reasoner (Livia J Washburn))
   The Rhymester of Ulm (2016)

Series contributed to

Kolchak: The Night Stalker (with Pierce Askegren, Mike Baron, Rachel Caine, Mark Dawidziak, Tom DeFalco, P N Elrod, John Everson, Joe Gentile, Christopher Golden, Elizabeth Massie, John Ostrander, Gary Phillips, Robert J Randisi and Richard Dean Starr)
The Night Stalker Casebook (2006)

Dead Man (with Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin)
5. The Blood Mesa (2011)

Latchkeys
5. Roscoes in the Night (2012)

West of the Big River
1. The Lawman (2013)
West of the Big River (omnibus) (2016) (with James J Griffin, Jerry Guin, Jackson Lowry, Clay More, Michael Newton, Charlie Steel and Chuck Tyrell)

Anthologies edited

   Weird Menace Volume 1 (2015) (with John C Hocking)
   Weird Menace Volume 2 (2015)
   Rocket's Red Glare (2017)

Non fiction

Draw (2003)
Draw: The Greatest Gunfighters of the American West (2003)

Short stories

A Zombie Named Fred (1996) (as by Jake Foster)

James Reasoner recommends

The Dinosaur Hunter (2010)
Homer Hickam
"Hickam is one of the best yarn-spinners in the business."

At the Outpost of Fate (2011)
(Dodge Dalton, book 2)
Sean Ellis
"Exotic settings, despicable villains, stalwart heroes, and a pace that never lets up... Sean Ellis's THE ADVENTURES OF DODGE DALTON AT THE OUTPOST OF FATE gives you everything you'd ever want in a top-notch adventure yarn! If you're a fan of James Rollins and Clive Cussler, you really need to be reading Sean Ellis."

The Coyote Tracker (2012)
(Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger, book 5)
Larry D Sweazy
"Larry D. Sweazy once again spins a fine historical adventure full of compelling characters and gritty action."

Bear Haskell: U.S. Deputy Marshal (2018)
(Bear Haskell)
Peter Brandvold
"[T]he action-packed plot races along...Highly recommended."

Five Decembers (2021)
James Kestrel
"What a wonderful book Five Decembers is! One of the best hardboiled mysteries I've read in years, and an epic war story and love story to boot."

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