Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Deadly Guns | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 2 | Blaze! Bitter Valley | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 3 | Blaze! | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 4 | Blaze! Six-Gun Wedding | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 5 | Blaze! Ambushed | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 6 | Blaze! Zombies Over Yonder | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 7 | Blaze! Hatchet Men | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 8 | Blaze! Ride Hard, Shoot Fast | 2015 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 9 | Blaze! A Son of the Gun | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 10 | Blaze! Hell’s Half Acre | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 11 | Blaze! Badlands | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 12 | Blaze! Bloody Wyoming | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 13 | Blaze! Night Riders | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 14 | Blaze! The Christmas Journey | 2016 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 15 | Blaze! Red Rock Rampage | 2017 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
| 16 | Blaze! Spanish Gold | 2017 | Stephen Mertz | Buy |
The Blaze! series is Stephen Mertz’s major Western undertaking, with sixteen books published across just three years (2015-2017). The series follows a married couple who are both skilled gunfighters, traveling through the Old West and finding trouble wherever they go.
Titles like Six-Gun Wedding, Zombies Over Yonder, and Hatchet Men suggest the series doesn’t take itself too seriously, mixing traditional Western action with humor and occasional genre-bending elements. The rapid publication pace matches the pulp energy of the stories themselves.