Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Death | 1974 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 2 | Knife in the Night | 1974 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 3 | Duel to the Death | 1975 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 4 | Death Train | 1975 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 5 | Fort Treachery | 1975 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 6 | Sonora Slaughter | 1976 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 7 | Blood Line | 1976 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 8 | Blood on the Tracks | 1977 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 9 | The Naked and the Savage | 1977 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 10 | All Blood is Red | 1977 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 11 | The Cruel Trail | 1978 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 12 | Fool’s Gold | 1978 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 13 | The Best Man | 1979 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 14 | Born to Die | 1979 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 15 | Blood Rising | 1979 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 16 | Texas Killing | 1980 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 17 | Blood Brother | 1980 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 18 | Slow Dying | 1980 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 19 | Death Dragon | 1981 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 20 | Blood Wedding | 1981 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 21 | Fast Living | 1981 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 22 | Border Killing | 1982 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 23 | Death Valley | 1982 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 24 | Death Ride | 1983 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 25 | Times Past | 1983 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 26 | The Hanging | 1983 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
| 27 | Debt of Blood | 1984 | Terry Harknett | Buy |
The Apache series ran for 27 books between 1974 and 1984, written under the pen name William M. James. The series concept originated with Laurence James, who wrote the first book and shared early writing duties with Harknett before Harknett took over as the primary author.
Apache was one of the standout western series from the “Piccadilly Cowboys,” a group of British authors writing American westerns for the paperback market. The books follow a Native American protagonist through the frontier West, with the violence and fast pacing that characterized the genre during its 1970s paperback boom. The series built a loyal following alongside Harknett’s even more successful Edge books.