J. A. Johnstone has 176 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 143 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 91 ratings. The most-rated is The Frontiersman.
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Preacher's Fortune [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
They call him Preacher. And they call him when they need help. Now, a Mexican brother and sister have asked the legendary frontiersman to accompany them into the Sangre de Cristo mountains - to find a missing family fortune of gold and silver. In a land stained by cruelty and war, the Spanish treasure has drawn the interest of a treasure hunter with ruthless paid killers as his partners. And by the time Preacher finds the bounty, bullets have begun to fly. No gunfight will ever scare Preacher. But betrayal, greed and a deadly mystery are enough to have him looking over his shoulder. The caves dotting the wild mountainside are guarding an explosive secret. And Preacher’s gut tells him that whoever next claims the Spanish treasure will be the next to die.... Performed by Mort Shelby, Richard Rohan, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Ken Jackson, David Coyne, Michael Glenn, Eric Messner, Christopher Graybill, Colleen Delany, Andy Clemence, Steven Carpenter, James Lewis, Michael John Casey.
©2006 J. A. Johnstone (P)2008 Graphic Audio, LLC
Killer Take All
Summary
Scotsman-turned-cowboy Duff MacCallister traveled far and worked hard to start a new life in America. And anyone who tries to mess with his dream is in for some serious Highland justice... The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who've staked their futures here, it's a land of opportunity. That's why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Freemantle wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan - at first. Duff begins to suspect that Freemantle is only after the most valuable land, and he's using strongarm tactics to force reluctant ranchers to sell. Things only get worse when Freemantle's hired guns show up - and the violence really begins. But Duff's got a plan of his own. With a little help from some well-armed friends, he's going to flush this phony out of Chugwater - and run his hired killers out of town on a rail...
©2020 J. A. Johnstone (P)2020 Tantor
Stranglehold
Summary
Descended from a long line of fighters, lovers, and dreamers, the MacCallister clan are legends in their homeland of Scotland. But when Duff MacCallister came to America, it seems he brought the legend - and the war - along with him.... Here in America, life is full of surprises. Duff never expected to hear from his old friend Charles McGregor, his battalion commander from the Black Watch Regiment of Her Majesty's army. Turns out McGregor lives in New Mexico now. And he needs Duff's help. He's started a new life as the mayor of Antelope Wells - a mining town that's being targeted by power - hungry madman Ebenezer Schofield, who wants to declare the whole area an independent principality - and himself as king. He's already squeezing taxes out of the local businesses and citizens. But no one has the guts to stop him. Because Schofield's got his own private army of fifty uniformed men, six Mexican revolution cannons - and a traitor working on his side in the heart of Antelope Wells.... This is more than just a favor for a friend. This is justice. This is payback. This is war. And this is Duff MacCallister.
©2019 J. A. Johnstone (P)2019 Tantor
Terror of the Mountain Man
Summary
Borders of Blood Smoke Jensen has come to Corpus Christi, Texas, to take delivery of 500 horses he purchased from an old friend. That's when a Mexican revolutionary, Colonel Bustamante Keno, brazenly crashes the border, slaughters 22 innocent U.S. citizens in cold blood, and steals a thousand head of cattle - along with two hundred of Smoke's horses. Going where the U.S. Army and the Texas Rangers cannot, Smoke crosses the border in hot pursuit of Keno. The Mexican Federales capture Smoke and the others and place them under arrest. But as soon as the banditos take something near and dear to a Federale commander, the Mexicans decide that Smoke and his fellow prisoners might come in handy after all. They'll fight a fierce and secret little war the only way the Mountain Man knows how: fierce, relentless, and unforgiving to the bitter, bloody end. Because no man steals from Smoke Jensen and lives to enjoy the ill-gotten goods. Not ever.
©2014 J.A. Johnstone (P)2014 Recorded Books
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The Killing Season [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
They ride after sundown. Black robed figures with skulls for faces, terrorizing the town of Recoil like the horsemen of the Apocalypse. If the sheriff hopes to defeat this hellish band of outlaws, he'll need back-up. Enter Colonel Shamus O'Brien. The seasoned ranch hand and patriarch has fought off more than his share of horse thieves and marauders. But he's never seen anything like these ornery devils. They torch the town without warning, killing and destroying everything in sight. Shamus could use some extra firepower, namely his sons Shawn and Jacob. But the O'Brien brothers have problems of their own. Vicious banditos have targeted the family ranch, gunning for gold and cattle in a hailstorm of bullets and bloodshed. But both the cutthroat gangs are about to learn their lesson - the hard way. When you cross an O'Brien, there's hell to pay.... Performed by Mort Shelby, Michael Glenn, Christopher Graybill, Bradley Smith, Danny Gavigan, Andy Clemence, David Jourdan, Eric Messner, Nick DePinto, David Coyne, David Harris, Terence Aselford, Michael John Casey, Tim Getman, Thomas Keegan, Lily Beacon, Casie Platt, Elizabeth Jernigan, Dylan Lynch, Nora Achrati, Scott Graham, Christopher Scheeren, Steve Wannall, Scott McCormick, Tim Carlin, Alyssa Wilmoth, Deidra Starnes, James Lewis, Alexander Strain, Ken Jackson, Colleen Delany, Nathanial Perry.
©2013 William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone (P)2014 Graphic Audio, LLC
Venom of the Mountain Man
Summary
When Smoke Jensen sees a gang of outlaws holding up a stagecoach, his gunfighter instincts take over and he storms in with guns blazing. He kills one of the gunmen; the rest scatter like the rats they are. Another notch on the sharpshooter’s weathered grip. But the dead man is the brother of the notorious outlaw Gabe Briggs, and Briggs will want revenge.... Tired of the savagery of the lawless countryside, Smoke’s wife Sally heads back east for a spell, only to find the big city choking in filth, violence, and corruption. Before Sally can head back home, though, she’s snatched right off the street. When Smoke gets word that Sally’s been kidnapped, he hops the first train east. But Gabe Briggs and his ruthless band of bad men are along for the ride. Unless Smoke can punch their ticket to hell first, they’ll blow this train sky high....
©2017 J.A. Johnstone (P)2018 Recorded Books
They Came to Kill
Summary
There are some things in this world that can't be stopped. Like progress, a moving train, and the American Dream. When the bigwigs in Washington decide to build a transcontinental railroad to the West Coast, they need a man who's just as unstoppable to clear a path through Mexican territory. That man is Jamie MacCallister. Jamie knows it's a tough job. The territory is overrun with Apaches. The Apaches are gunning for a fight. And the first patrol sent in by the president has already been ambushed, kidnapped, and most likely killed. Jamie knows he can't take on the whole Apache nation by himself. He needs help. He needs backup. He needs a nonstop force of mountain-man fury who goes by the name of Preacher....
©2020 J. A. Johnstone (P)2020 Tantor
A MacCallister Christmas
Summary
From best-selling authors William W. and J. A. Johnstone comes a special action-packed holiday Western tale of peace on earth and bad will toward men.... Ever since he left Scotland to start a new life in America, Duff MacCallister has stayed true to the values and traditions of his clan in the Highlands. But as Christmas approaches, he yearns to reconnect with his family - even the ones he hasn't met yet. This year, two of his American cousins - twins Andrew and Rosanna - will be joining Duff for the holidays at the Sky Meadow Ranch. That is, if they manage to get there alive.... The twins' train is held up by not one, but two vicious outlaw gangs. The Jessup gang has been using the Spalding gang's hideout to plan the robbery. The Jessups just lost two of their brothers in a bank job gone wrong - courtesy of Duff MacCallister - and they're gunning for revenge. Together, these two bloodthirsty bands of killers and thieves are teaming up to make this one Christmas the MacCallisters will never forget. But Duff's ready to deliver his own brand of gun-blazing justice, holidays be damned....
©2020 J. A. Johnstone (P)2020 Tantor
The Wicked Die Twice
Summary
Once upon a time in the Old West, Slash and Pecos were two of the wiliest robbers this side of the Rio Grande. Now they're fighting three of the nastiest killers this side of hell.... Not many men get a second chance at life. But thanks to a chief US marshal who needs their help, the bank-robbing duo of Jimmy "Slash" Braddock and Melvin "Pecos Kid" Baker are on the right side of the law. As unofficial marshals, they've agreed to pick up three prisoners from a Milestown jail and escort them to Denver. Sounds easy enough - until they learn the prisoners are an unholy trio of sadistic cutthroat killers known as Talon, "Hellraisin'" Frank, and the Sioux called Black Pot. And they've managed to escape before Slash and Pecos even show up.... The three convicts have turned Milestown into their own savage slayground. Drinking, killing, ravaging - and worse - they're painting the town red with blood and burning it to the ground. Slash and Pecos manage to stop them in a nick of time. But getting these three to Denver is another story - because the trio's leader has offered a thousand-dollar bounty to anyone who can kill Slash and Pecos. This is going to be one wicked ride that Slash and Pecos will never forget - if they live to tell about it....
©2020 J. A. Johnstone (P)2021 Tantor
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Journey into Violence [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
The Kerrigans risked everything to stake a claim under a big Texas sky. Now, one brave woman is fighting to keep that home, against hard weather, harder luck, and the West's most dangerous men. A ranch divided.... After a long hard journey up the Chisholm Trail, Kate Kerrigan is in Dodge City, facing a mystery of murder. A cowboy she hired, a man with a notorious past, has been accused of killing a prostitute and sentenced to hang. Kate still trusts Hank Lowry. And when a hired killer comes after her, she knows she has struck a nerve. Someone has framed Hank for murder - in order to cover up a more sinister and deadly crime spawned in the musty backrooms of the Kansas boomtown.... Back in west Texas, the Kerrigan ranch is under siege. A wagon train full of gravely ill travelers has come on to the parched Kerrigan range, being led by a man on a secret mission. With Kate's son Quinn manning the home front, one wrong step could be fatal when the shooting suddenly starts.... Performed by Colleen Delany, Helen Pafumi, Bob Payne, David Jourdan, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Bruce Alan Rauscher, Thomas Keegan, Matthew McGee, Zeke Alton, Chris Genebach, Terence Aselford, Andy Clemence, Lolita Horne, Mort Shelby, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Nick DePinto, Bru Ajueyitsi, Andy Brownstein, Bradley Smith, Alejandro Ruiz, Eric Messner, Niusha Nawab, Jonathan Feuer, Jennifer Hopkins, Dani Stoller, Elizabeth Jernigan, Richard Rohan, Christopher Walker, Patrick Bussink, Jacob Yeh, Jeff Allin, Katy Carkuff, Gwen Grastorf, Todd Scofield, Drew Kopas, Ken Jackson, Chris Stinson, Eva Wilhelm, Matthew Keenan, Carolyn Kashner, Tia Shearer, Maggie Donnelly, Nanette Savard.
©2016 J.A. Johnstone (P)2017 Graphic Audio, LLC
Dig Your Own Grave
Summary
US Marshal Will Tanner is one hell of a manhunter. But this time, he's chasing six men across three states with one gun and no backup. This isn't justice. This is a suicide mission.... It starts with a prison break in Missouri. When notorious bank robber Ansel McCoy busts out, he teams up with five other outlaws. Then he and his gang rob a bank in Kansas. Now they're crossing state lines into Oklahoma Indian Territory. And that's where US Marshal Will Tanner steps in. Other marshals from Kansas and Missouri have already lost the trail. Which means Tanner has to go it alone. Deep in the wilderness. Outnumbered and outgunned. One good man against six blood-crazed killers. Even if he manages to survive the elements and find McCoy's hideout, it's not just the end of his search. It's his funeral....
©2019 J. A. Johnstone (P)2019 Tantor
Rope Burn
Summary
Johnstone Country. Jailhouse Terror. Those Jensen boys, Ace and Chance, find themselves on the wrong side of the law - and the raw end of justice - inside the meanest, dirtiest prison in the Arizona territory.... Welcome to the chain gang.... When a barroom brawl lands Ace and Chance Jensen in jail, it's just the beginning of a nightmare that will never end. Their jailmates are army deserters. Even worse, their jailers assume Ace and Chance are deserters, too. Which earns them even more hard time - on a brutal prison chain gang.... All troublemakers will be shot. Things go from bad to worse awfully fast. One prisoner tries to escape and gets blasted in the back. Others face horrific torture at the hands of sadistic renegades. And the whole operation is run by a maniacal army major who's working the deserters to death for his own profit. Ace and Chance have no choice but to bust out of this miserable hellhole - or die trying....
©2020 J.A. Johnstone (P)2020 Recorded Books
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Shadow of the Hangman [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
When a farmer's wife is murdered, an innocent man is accused: Patrick O'Brien. The book-loving brother had shared his love of literature with the woman, but her husband claims she spurned Pat's advances and that's why he killed her. Now it looks like Patrick will swing from the gallows - especially after his lawyer is targeted, too. Pat's brothers try to track down the real killer, but time is running out. A team of hired guns has come to town, and they're choking the family ranch like a noose. For the Brothers O'Brien, it's judgement day. And justice will be served - in a hellstorm of blood and bullets. Performed by Mort Shelby, Bradley Smith, Terence Aselford, Kimberly Gilbert, Tim Getman, Thomas Keegan, James Keegan, Joe Brack, Michael Glenn, Danny Gavigan, Colleen Delany, Christopher Graybill, Michael John Casey, Nick DePinto, Casie Platt, Eric Messner, David Harris, Scott McCormick, Steven Carpenter, Dylan Lynch, Tim Pabon, Katy Carkuff, Matthew Bassett, Elizabeth Jernigan, Thomas Penny, Richard Cutting, Richard Rohan, Ken Jackson, Lily Beacon, Evan Casey, Yasmin Tuazon, Nathanial Perry.
©2012 William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone (P)2013 Graphic Audio, LLC
A Quiet, Little Town
Summary
Stagecoach guard Red Ryan has managed to survive every dirty, danger-filled trail in Texas. But this time, the journey is hell on four wheels. And the next stop could be his last... Big trouble in a small town.... It starts with an unusual request: "On this trip there will be no cussing, no drinking, no gambling, and no loose women." No problem. Or so Red Ryan thinks - until he meets the passengers. They include four holy and silent monks, one beautiful lady tutor, and a drunken, washed-up gunfighter. Even worse, they're crossing the wild Texas hill country where bloodthirsty Apaches are on the loose and a mad-dog killer is on the prowl. But that can't compare to what's waiting for them at Fredericksburg. In this quiet little town, every man, woman, and monk will reveal their true colors. Green for greed. Yellow for cowardice. Black for pure unadulterated evil. Which leaves Red - gunning for his life....
©2021 J. A. Johnstone (P)2021 Tantor
Kill Crazy
Summary
Born to a family of hard-fighting Scotsmen. Sworn to a legacy of blood and honor. Duff MaCallister brings his own brand of justice to the new American frontier in this explosive western saga from best-selling authors William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. In a town like Chugwater, Wyoming, you know who your friends are, who your enemies are, and who your kill-crazy maniacs are. For Duff MacCallister, the last category belongs to Johnny Taylor and his gang. Duff has wrestled with this polecat before, and knows that his bite is worse than his smell. But when Taylor's gang tries to rob a bank - and Duff manages to shoot one and arrest Taylor's brother - the outraged outlaw raises a stink straight out of hell. First, he begins to randomly slaughter innocent townsfolk one by one. Then, he leaves a note on the bodies warning: "We will kill more of your citizens if you do not let my brother go." Now, he's kidnapped a woman as bait - lighting a fuse under Duff MacCallister that's bound to ignite the biggest, bloodiest showdown in Chugwater history....
©2014 J. A. Johnstone (P)2019 Tantor
Preacher's Rage
Summary
For the greatest trapper in the country, there's no place like the Rocky Mountains. Preacher and his son Hawk are riding the High Lonesome when the clear mountain air is split by a girl's savage screams. A gang of ruthless trappers has kidnapped a Crow woman, but before they escape with her, Preacher and Hawk burst out of the tree line, guns spitting fire. They drive the trappers off, only to find that she's not Crow, but white. Caroline has been raised by the Crow since childhood, the only people she's ever known. To get her home, Preacher and Hawk will have to blast their way off this mountain, gunning down kill-crazy trappers and merciless Blackfeet warriors. Because it's never really quiet on the western front.
©2019 J.A. Johnstone (P)2018 Recorded Books
A Good Day for a Massacre
Summary
Johnstone Country. Where it's never quiet on the Western front. Life on the straight and narrow is easier said than done for a pair of crooks like Jimmy "Slash" Braddock and Melvin "Pecos Kid" Baker. But these reprobates are doing their damnedest to make an honest go of it. They've managed to safely deliver a church organ to a mountain parish when their sometime employer - Chief US Marshal Luther T. "Bleed-'m-So" Bledsoe - recruits them for a job only fools would take. Marshal Bledsoe wants them to pick up a shipment of gold in the mining town in the Sawatch Mountains. Here's the catch: Slash and Pecos's wagon is just a decoy. When a ruthless gang ambushes the real gold shipment, it's up to Slash and Pecos to go after the trigger-happy bandits. And they won't be alone. A lady Pinkerton, Hattie Friendly - who is anything but - survived the ambush and is hellbent on getting the gold back. Even if she has to team up with a pair of ornery old cutthroats like Slash and Pecos... The Cutthroats are back. The bad guys are history.
©2020 J. A. Johnstone (P)2020 Tantor
MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy
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From best-selling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone comes a blazing new saga of the MacAllisters. One family, forging a destiny. One legacy, sworn to justice. One name, branded in the heart of America.... The Scottish Highlands, 1885. Two men, brandishing knives, attack a young woman outside a pub. Duff MacAllister steps in and saves her - killing one of the assailants. Big mistake. The attacker was the sheriff's son, and now MacAllister is marked for death. His only hope: America. Here, in the sprawling land of dreams, Duff hopes to start a new life with his American cousins. Unfortunately, the sheriff's deputies are tracking him down - with nine of the deadliest cutthroats money can buy. Blazing a trail of blood and bullets all the way to the Rockies, Duff has to kill his enemies one by one - or die trying. But this time, Duff is not alone. He has a new ally by his side. A living legend of frontier justice. The gunslinger known as Falcon MacAllister....
©2011 William W. Johnstone (P)2018 Tantor
Shawn O'Brien, Town Tamer
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The Untold Saga of Shawn O'Brien From acclaimed storytellers William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone, who brought us The Brothers O'Brien, comes an explosive new series featuring the gunslinging O'Brien who brought peace, law, and order to the American frontier...one bullet at a time. A Man Who Tamed the West - One Town at a Time Unlike his brothers, Jacob, Sam, and Patrick, Shawn O'Brien isn't content to settle down on the family ranch in New Mexico territory. With his razor-sharp eye, lightning-fast draw, and burning thirst for justice, Shawn is carving out a reputation of his own. As a town tamer, he takes the most dangerous, lawless towns in the West and makes them safe for decent men, women, and children. When a stagecoach accident leaves Shawn stranded in Holy Rood, Utah, it doesn't take long to realize he's landed in one ornery circle of hell. Ruled by a cruel and cunning crook turned merciless dictator named Hank Cobb, Holy Rood is about as unholy a place as any on the frontier. Anyone who breaks Cobb's rules is severely punished. Anyone who defies Cobb's hooded henchmen dies by rope, stake, or guillotine. But Shawn O'Brien isn't just anyone. He's the town tamer. And this time he's going to paint the town red....
©2015 J.A. Johnstone (P)2015 Recorded Books
Twelve Dead Men
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The Greatest Western Writers of the 21st Century For generations, the Jensen family has staked their claim in the heart of the American West. Now the legacy continues as twin brothers Ace and Chance Jensen find justice...swinging from a hangman's noose. The bad also die young In a court of law, it takes 12 jurors to convict a killer. Two of them are Jensens. It all started when those Jensen boys, Ace and Chance, got roped into jury duty. It should have ended when justice was served with the killer dancing on the end of a rope. But no. This is just the beginning of the death sentence for Ace, Chance, and the other 10 terrified jurors. A jury of 12 men and dead He's one of the most notorious outlaws in the west. He's also the brother of the hanged killer. Now he's here in town - and plans to slaughter the jurors, one by one. There's just one hitch: Ace and Chance aren't getting ready for judgment day. They're gunning for justice - Jensen style....
©2017 J.A. Johnstone (P)2019 Recorded Books