Order of Ralph Compton Books
Ralph Compton (1934-1998) was an American novelist of western novels. He created the Trail Drive and Sundown Riders series. Compton hailed from St. Clair County, Alabama and stood 6’8″ tall when he wasn’t even wearing his boots. Before becoming an author, he was a musician, songwriter, radio announcer and a newspaper columnist. Following his death, his publisher Signet made his name into a house name, and novels written by authors such as Robert Vaughn, Dusty Richards, Jory Sherman, Joseph A. West, David Robbins, Ralph W. Cotton, Peter Brandvold, Marcus Galloway, Matthew P. Mayo and more had his name on the byline.
Ralph Compton became a published author in 1973 with the novel Festival of Spies. It was the only standalone novel he wrote himself. Below is a list of Ralph Compton’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Gunfighter Books
| Reunion in Hell | (2020) |    |
| Blood of the Hunters | (2020) | |
| Broken Rider | (2020) | |
| Return to Gila Bend | (2020) | |
| Death Valley Drifter | (2020) | |
| Ride for Justice | (2020) | |
| Ride the Hammer Down | (2020) | |
| Frontier Medicine | (2021) | |
| Face of a Snake | (2021) | |
| Dalton's Justice | (2021) | |
| Shot to Hell | (2021) | |
| Hell Snake | (2021) | |
| The Wrong Side of the Law | (2021) | |
| Guns of the Greenhorn | (2021) | |
| The Devil's Snare | (2021) | |
| Hellbound Posse | (2021) | |
| Blood on the Prairie | (2021) | |
| Die Trying | (2021) | |
| Counterfeit Lawman | (2022) | |
| Thirteen Bullets | (2022) | |
| My Brother, My Killer | (2022) | |
| The Guns of Wrath | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Sundown Riders Books
| North To The Bitterroot | (1996) | |
| Demon's Pass | (2000) | |
| Runaway Stage | (2002) | |
| Do or Die | (2003) | |
| Nowhere, TX | (2004) | |
| Across the Rio Colorado | (2004) | |
| West of Pecos | (2005) | |
| The Winchester Run | (2007) | |
| Whiskey River | (2011) | |
| Skeleton Lode | (2011) | |
| Devil's Canyon | (2013) | |
| Tin Star | (2020) | |
| Ralph Compton Tin Star | (2020) | |
| The Wolves of Seven Pines | (2020) | |
| Never Bet Against the Bullet | (2020) | |
| Lost Banshee Mine | (2020) | |
| Prairie Fire, Kansas | (2020) | |
| Calvert's Last Bluff | (2020) | |
| Prairie Fire, Kansas | (2020) | |
| The Trail's End | (2021) | |
| Ralph Compton Lost Banshee Mine | (2021) | |
| Stagecoach to Hell | (2021) | |
| Snake's Fury | (2021) | |
| The Outlaw Hunters | (2021) | |
| Flames of Silver | (2021) | |
| Seven Roads to Revenge | (2021) | |
| The Winter of Wolves | (2021) | |
| Ghost Hollow Ranch | (2021) | |
| The Reluctant Lawman | (2022) | |
| The Robber Barons | (2022) | |
| Snake Oil Justice | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Trail Drive Books
| The Goodnight Trail | (1992) | |
| The Western Trail | (1992) | |
| The Chisholm Trail | (1993) | |
| The Bandera Trail | (1993) | |
| The California Trail | (1994) | |
| The Shawnee Trail | (1994) | |
| The Virginia City Trail | (1994) | |
| The Dodge City Trail | (1995) | |
| The Oregon Trail | (1995) | |
| The Santa Fe Trail | (1997) | |
| The Old Spanish Trail | (1998) | |
| The Green River Trail | (1999) | |
| The Deadwood Trail | (1999) | |
| The Dakota Trail | (2001) | |
| The Alamosa Trail | (2002) | |
| The Bozeman Trail | (2002) | |
| The Abilene Trail | (2003) | |
| Trail To Fort Smith | (2004) | |
| The Palo Duro Trail | (2004) | |
| The Ogallala Trail | (2005) | |
| The Ellsworth Trail | (2005) | |
| The Tenderfoot Trail | (2006) | |
| Trail to Cottonwood Falls | (2007) | |
| The Amarillo Trail | (2011) | |
| Big Jake's Last Drive | (2020) | |
| The Kelly Trail | (2020) | |
| Drive for Independence | (2020) | |
| Red Trail | (2020) | |
| The Empire Trail | (2021) | |
| The Too-Late Trail | (2021) | |
| Red Trail | (2021) | |
| Terror Trail | (2021) | |
| The Saltwater Trail | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Border Empire Books
| The Border Empire | (1997) | |
| Six guns and Double Eagles | (1998) | |
| Train to Durango | (1998) | |
Publication Order of Buck Fletcher Books
(with Joseph A. West)
| Doomsday Rider | (2003) | |
| Showdown at Two-Bit Creek | (2003) | |
| Vengeance Rider | (2004) | |
Publication Order of Danny Duggin Books
(with Ralph Cotton)
| Death Rides a Chestnut Mare | (1999) | |
| The Shadow of a Noose | (2000) | |
| Riders of Judgement | (2001) | |
| Death Along the Cimarron | (2003) | |
Publication Order of John McBride Books
(with Joseph A. West)
| West Of The Law | (2007) | |
| Shadow of the Gun | (2008) | |
| Blood on the Gallows | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Tom Navarro Books
(with Peter Brandvold)
| Navarro | (2005) | |
| Bullet Creek | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Trail of the Gunfighter Books
| The Dawn of Fury | (1995) | |
| The Killing Season | (1996) | |
| Autumn of the Gun | (1996) | |
| Blood of the Hunters | (2020) | |
| Broken Rider | (2020) | |
| Death Valley Drifter | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Ralph Compton Western Books
| Clarion's Call | (2001) | |
| Blood and Gold | (2004) | |
| For the Brand | (2005) | |
| Rio Largo | (2006) | |
| Guns of the Canyonlands | (2006) | |
| Texas Empire | (2006) | |
| By the Horns | (2006) | |
| Deadwood Gulch | (2006) | |
| The Bloody Trail | (2007) | |
| A Wolf In the Fold | (2007) | |
| Bluff City | (2007) | |
| Blood Duel | (2007) | |
| Death of a Bad Man | (2008) | |
| Ride the Hard Trail | (2008) | |
| Bullet for a Bad Man | (2008) | |
| The Convict Trail | (2008) | |
| Rawhide Flat | (2009) | |
| Outlaw's Reckoning | (2009) | |
| The Man From Nowhere | (2009) | |
| Bounty Hunter | (2009) | |
| Fatal Justice | (2009) | |
| Stryker's Revenge | (2010) | |
| Death of a Hangman | (2010) | |
| North to the Salt Fork | (2010) | |
| Rusted Tin | (2010) | |
| The Burning Range | (2010) | |
| The Last Manhunt | (2011) | |
| The Stranger from Abilene | (2011) | |
| The Ghost of Apache Creek | (2011) | |
| Dead Man's Ranch | (2012) | |
| Slaughter Canyon | (2012) | |
| One Man's Fire | (2012) | |
| Tucker's Reckoning | (2012) | |
| Down on Gila River | (2012) | |
| Brimstone Trail | (2013) | |
| Straight Shooter | (2013) | |
| The Hunted | (2013) | |
| Hard Ride to Wichita | (2013) | |
| The Cheyenne Trail | (2014) | |
| Double-Cross Ranch | (2014) | |
| Comanche Trail | (2014) | |
| The Dangerous Land | (2014) | |
| Vigilante Dawn | (2014) | |
| The Evil Men Do | (2015) | |
| Straight to the Noose | (2015) | |
| Shotgun Charlie | (2015) | |
| The Law and the Lawless | (2015) | |
| Brother's Keeper | (2015) | |
| Texas Hills | (2015) | |
| Outlaw Town | (2016) | |
| Phantom Hill | (2016) | |
| Hellbound Posse | (2021) | |
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Ralph Compton Synopsis: In The Dawn of Fury by Ralph Compton (book 1 of the Trail of the Gunfighter series), Nathan Stone returns home to Virginia following the Civil War only to find his family murdered. He then takes a blood oath that he will find the seven men responsible and gain his revenge.
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