J. A. Johnstone

In the lawless and violent Kansas territory, Conrad Browning, a.k.a. The Loner, and Jared Tate, an aging U.S. marshal who is slowly losing his sanity, ride together one last time into a fight that will take everything they have left to give.

The damsel is in distress, or so it seems to Conrad Browning. On his way across the wide, tall Utah Territory to California, the Loner meets a beautiful Mormon girl on the run from a forced wedding -- and the gun-toting faithful trying to hunt her down. But there are two sides to every story -- and the ones you don't hear are the ones that can get you killed. The runaway bride has a little history of her own. Soon, the Loner touches off a storm of...

Once he was a young, happily married businessman. Then his wife was murdered and that young man was gone forever -- replaced by a man they call the Loner. Now the wandering son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan is a current occupant of a cell in Hell Gate prison. The Loner's crime? He had the bad fortune of looking too much like an outlaw who escaped from this very prison. The Loner has a plan: he'll team up with a fellow inmate and escape. He...

Few know the tragedy and heartbreak that shaped The Loner. When the once happily married businessman's wife was murdered, Conrad Browning, son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, set off on a new course, complete with a new name: Kid Morgan. Bounty hunters are stalking the man known as Kid Morgan, which is how he learns there's a price on his head. A victim of mistaken identity, he had broken out of Hell Gate Prison in New Mexico to clear his name....

"Conrad Morgan turns his back on the past as he drifts into New Mexico Territory, riding up on a wagon train of pioneers--and straight into an inferno of death and revenge"--

The son of legendary gunman Frank Morgan, Conrad Browning goes by the name Kid Morgan -- the Loner -- and has forged a growing reputation of his own. But in the midst of a fight for his life, the Kid discovered that he too was a father -- of twins he'd never met. His ex-fiancée, Pamela Tarleton, had hidden his children from him, but she's dead now so he won't be getting any answers from her. The Kid heads back to Boston where the children were born...

He came West in search of the truth. Out here, the truth is more than enough to get you killed. . . Hunter And The Hunted Conrad Browning had money, a manservant and a mission: to find his missing children and meet them for the first time. He's come as far as Denver, dodged a bullet from a beautiful assassin, and landed in a big buy-in poker tournament against a ruthless heavy-betting cattle baron with a plan of his own--to take this city slicker...

A FATHER. A FIGHTER. A FINAL SHOWDOWN. . . The Loner has searched the frontier for his missing children and their vengeful, runaway mother. Now, in fog-shrouded San Francisco, his search ends-and the fight begins. . . HELL ON FRISCO BAY Conrad Browning is The Loner, a man on a mission, crossing the country-and crossing a lot of bad men-to rescue his kidnapped young twins. The trail has led him all the way to San Francisco's perilous red light-district,...

Drifting into New Mexico Territory, Conrad Morgan, The Loner is turning his back on the past. Then he rides up on a wagon train of pioneers--and straight into an inferno of death and revenge... Out Of The Heat. Into The Fire... Led by a charismatic fool, a group of pioneers are crossing Apache territory, blind to the danger around them. The Loner would ignore the passing pilgrims if it weren't for a beautiful woman. Then, when he turns his back,...

"Keeping the peace in a West Texas town like Buffalo Peak should be easy for a legendary frontiersman like Marshal Elwood ""Firestick"" McQueen. He's got his longtime buddies ""Beartooth"" Skinner and ""Moosejaw"" Hendricks as his deputies-not to mention the famous rifle that earned him his nickname. But when Firestick learns that their ornery old friend "Rip" Ripley just rode into town, all bets are off. It's darn near impossible to keep the peace...