Max McCoy

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1991
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Ghost Rifle Western

1 - The Ghost Rifle (May-2021)
2 - American Odyssey (Mar-2022)
3 - The California Trail (Nov-2022)

An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery

1 - Of Grave Concern (Jul-2013)
2 - The Spirit Is Willing (Jul-2014)
3 - Giving Up the Ghost (Nov-2015)

Multi-Author Series List

Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (May-1995)
Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (Feb-1996)
Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth (Feb-1997)
Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx (Feb-1999)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • The Sixth Rider

    WINNER OF THE MEDICINE PIPE BEARER’S AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL FROM WESTERN WRITERS OF AMERICA THE MAKING OF AN OUTLAW They were kin to the infamous James and Younger clans -- the hard-riding, hard-shooting Dalton boys of Kansas, sir...

  • Sons of Fire

    AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SIXTH RIDERSONS OF FIREON THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR THREE BROTHERS FIND THEMSELVES DEADLY ENEMIES....BROTHERS-IN-ARMSOn the eve of the Civil War the hardworking, hard-fighting Fenn family is caught in the middle of a bloody...

  • Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone

    Indiana Jones

    BLOOD FROM A STONE For centuries the lust for wealth and immortality has driven men mad. Now Indiana Jones is called to London to recover an ancient alchemist's manuscript rumored to contain the formula both for turning lead into gold and granting...

  • Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs

    Indiana Jones

    Fresh from a ride on a Nazi submarine, Indiana Jones is persuaded by a beautiful missionary to search for her missing father in Mongolia. Professor Angus Starbuck has discovered a dinosaur bone in the Gobi Desert. But unlike other such discoveries, t...

  • Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth

    Indiana Jones

    DEATH UNDER THE ICE A violent storm, a dying Arctic explorer, and a curious wooden box make Indy the target of fanatical Nazi agents. Inside the box are a slice of Icelandic stone with mythological powers and a journal hinting at the existence of an...

  • Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx

    Indiana Jones

    It is the most coveted of all ancient artifacts. In it is written the history -- and the fate -- of every human being. And he who owns it writes his own destiny. Now Indiana Jones follows a trail of danger, magic, and archaeological mystery through t...

  • Jesse

    Escaping a 1882 assassination attempt thanks to a switched identity, outlaw Jesse James survives to narrate the story of his life for Missouri's most famous storyteller, Mark Twain, in a vivid and engaging historical novel. Original....

  • The Moon Pool

    Time is running out for Jolene. She's trapped by a madman, held captive, naked, waiting only for her worst nightmares to become reality. Her captor will keep her alive for twenty-eight days, hidden in an underwater city 400 feet below the surface. Th...

  • Hinterland

    Andy Kelsey is a reporter who may have just stumbled on the story of a lifetime. He's infiltrated a white separatist group in the Ozarks, an underground organization ready to fight and die--and kill--for their extreme beliefs. The deeper Kelsey gets ...



  • Into the West

    The events, triumphs, and tragedies of the opening of the American West are seen through the eyes of members of two different families--one white and one Lakota. Original. (A TNT television miniseries, releasing June 2005, starring Sean Astin, Simon ...

  • A Breed Apart

    This exciting historical account paints a vivid portrait of the life of Wild Bill Hickok, from his first showdown at the age of twenty-four, to the legendary events in Springfield, Missouri, that made him a legend in his time. Original....

  • Hellfire Canyon

    2007 Spur Award for Best Paperback Novel by  the Western Writers of AmericaHeading For A Showdown.  .  . Towering, flame-haired Alf Bolin is a ruthless young outlaw with a passion for quoting fine literature, slaughtering anyone who ge...

  • I, Quantrill

    William Clarke Quantrill is the most hunted man in America. Ask anybody and they’ll tell you how he burned Lawrence, Kansas, to the ground, brought the Yankees to their knees in Missouri, and wrote his name in blood on the pages of history.   ...

  • Canyon Diablo

    A Bloody Feud Jacob Gamble and his crazy brother Ishmael are sworn enemies. But when they finally meet up at an old mission church in the desert to settle their feud, they find a score of massacred bodies...and one mortally wounded survivor who pr...

  • Damnation Road

    The Daring And The Doomed... It's the last chance for Jacob Gamble, Rough Rider, outlaw and man of a few principles. Nearing 50 and flat broke, Jacob bends his own rule about robbing trains. But by the time he reaches the payroll safe on a Rock Is...

  • Of Grave Concern

    An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery - 1

    In the Old West, legends die hard--and so do witnesses. But that won't stop psychic-turned-detective Ophelia Wylde from finding fresh graves, digging up clues, and catching wanted criminals--with a little help from the dead. . . The Civil War is o...

  • The Spirit Is Willing

    An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery - 2

    In the Old West, murder is a way of life. But psychic detective Ophelia Wylde is dealing out her own brand of justice by talking to the victims. . .after they're dead. Ghost In The Machine It's one of the strangest trials in Colorado history. A...

  • Giving Up the Ghost

    An Ophelia Wylde Paranormal Mystery - 3

    From sea to shining sea, the invention known as the telegraph would tame the American frontier. But for psychic detective Ophelia Wylde, the wild west is about to get wilder. . . Messages From Beyond? When telegraph keys across the country begi...

  • The Ghost Rifle

    A Ghost Rifle Western - 1

    “An instant Old West classic! Max McCoy writes about mountain men and the fur trade with passion.”   -- Stuart Rosebrook, editor True West magazineThree-time Spur Award winner Max McCoy combines fast-paced action, frontier history, and power...



  • American Odyssey

    A Ghost Rifle Western - 2

    Max McCoy, the Spur Award-winning author of Damnation Road, continues his American Western saga of the Ghost Rifle as the violence and bloodshed the weapon caused return to haunt the man who created it . . .THE WEAPON AND THE WILDERNESS Ten years hav...

  • The California Trail

    A Ghost Rifle Western - 3

    From Max McCoy, the Spur Award-winning author of Damnation Road, comes a powerful new novel in the acclaimed Ghost Rifle series -- the epic Western saga of a man who made a gun, and a gun that triggered vengeance. . . .A RIFLE’S LEGACY, A KILLER’...

  • Indiana Jones and the Dinosaurs

    Fresh from a ride on a Nazi submarine, Indiana Jones is persuaded by a beautiful missionary to search for her missing father in Mongolia. Professor Angus Starbuck has discovered a dinosaur bone in the Gobi Desert. But unlike other such discoveries, t...

  • Home to Texas

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    AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF SONS OF FIRE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Once mortal enemies, Frank and Patrick Fenn join forces to protect their family from the Union Army that has taken all they have in the bloody Missouri-Kansas war. Following the path ...

  • The Wild Rider

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    Leading a gang known as the Wild Bunch, Sam Dalton is torn between settling down to married life and breaking his brother out of jail, unaware that an army of lawmen are planning to shut his gang down for good. Original....

Award-Winning Books by Max McCoy

The Sixth Rider
1991 SPUR Award -- Medicine Pipe Bearer (First Novel)


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Max McCoy has published 24 books.

Max McCoy does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Indiana Jones and the Dinosaurs, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Max McCoy, The Sixth Rider, was published in March 1991.

Yes. Max McCoy has 2 series.
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