Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rancher’s Revenge | 1959 | Max Brand | Buy |
| 2 | The Return of the Rancher | 1972 | Max Brand | Buy |
The Rancher is a posthumous Western duology from Max Brand. Both books were published years after Brand’s death in 1944, assembled from manuscripts he left behind. The Rancher’s Revenge appeared in 1959 and The Return of the Rancher in 1972, part of the steady stream of Brand material that publishers continued to release for decades after his death.
These are typical Brand Westerns, set on the open range and dealing with the conflicts that arise over land, cattle, and reputation. They lack the distinctive hook of some of Brand’s better-known series, but they offer the same reliable action writing and Western atmosphere that made him one of the genre’s most widely read authors. For Brand completists, they fill in two more entries in a massive bibliography.