Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reprisal | 2000 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 2 | The Drifter | 2000 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 3 | Ghost Valley | 2001 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 4 | The Forbidden | 2001 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 5 | Imposter | 2002 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 6 | Showdown | 2002 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 7 | Rescue | 2003 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 8 | The Burning | 2003 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 9 | Manhunt | 2004 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 10 | No Man’s Land | 2004 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 11 | Renegades | 2005 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 12 | Violent Sunday | 2005 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 13 | Savage Country | 2006 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 14 | The Devil’s Legion | 2006 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 15 | Avenger | 2007 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 16 | Hell Town | 2007 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 17 | Ambush Valley | 2008 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 18 | Killing Ground | 2008 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 19 | Slaughter | 2009 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 20 | Sudden Fury | 2009 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 21 | Winter Kill | 2009 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 22 | Dead Before Sundown | 2011 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
| 23 | Montana Gundown | 2012 | J.A. Johnstone | Buy |
The Last Gunfighter is one of the longer-running Johnstone series, spanning 23 books from 2000 to 2012. The lead character, Frank Morgan, is an aging gunfighter who has lived long enough to watch the Old West change around him. He has no interest in adding to his body count, but his reputation follows him everywhere. Every town he rides into, somebody wants to challenge him or hire him or kill him.
The series starts with Reprisal and The Drifter and moves through settings across the frontier, from ghost valleys to hell towns to no man’s land. Morgan picks up allies and enemies along the way, but the core story stays the same: a man who is very good at violence trying to find a life that does not require it. The books were published at a steady clip, with two or three coming out each year during the series’ peak. For readers who like their Western heroes weathered and reluctant, Frank Morgan is one of the better entries in the genre.