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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1992
  • Latest Book:
    July 2014
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Full Series List in Order

Shannon

1 - Shannon's Law (Apr-2000)
2 - Shannon's Way (Nov-2000)
3 - Shannon: U.S. Marshal (Apr-2001)
4 - Shannon: Carrying the Star (Apr-2002)
5 - Shannon's Ride (Dec-2002)

Book List in Order: 13 titles




  • THE LAW OF THE LAND Clay Shannon is a straight-shooting, tough-talking deputy sheriff who's been charged with bringing order to rough-and-tumble Whiskey Creek, a mining town where robbery and murder run rampant. But with one lawman already killed, S...



  • Sheriff Clay Shannon finds his comfortable life torn apart when gunmen, led by the notorious Bully Drago, ride into the town of Whiskey Creek to rob the bank and take revenge upon Shannon for a past encounter in which Drago's younger brother was kill...



  • When he is appointed U.S. Marshal by the government, Clay Shannon finds his plans for retirement thwarted and his days spent dealing with a wealth of shady characters, including a mysterious gambler and a greedy land baron named "King" Kruger. Reprin...



  • This is how it all began for U.S. Marshal Clay Shannon. Forced by honor to defend his father's murder, young Shannon pins the sheriff's badge to his vest and sets out for vengeance. No one in town thinks Shannon is man enough for the job, but he prov...



  • U.S. Marshal Clay Shannon is enjoying a new life as a New Mexico cattle rancher when rustlers invade his land, steal his cattle, and kill several of his men. Angrily, Shannon pins on his marshal's badge and starts after the rustlers. The trail takes ...



  • United States Marshal Clay Shannon is sent by the territorial governor to investigate apparent attempts to stop the progress of a railroad being driven through the high mountains. The railroad, whose successful completion will mean the joining togeth...



  • Shannon: The Road to Whiskey Creek takes the reader with Shannon on a journey though the changing west, as he faces challenges and danger that surpass even those he faced in the earlier days of his life. Shannon's career as a frontier lawman began d...



  • The year is 1778. The American Continental Navy frigate Aurora, commanded by Captain Ethan Hale, is ordered to attack harbors on the east coast of England in retaliation for British raids on American shores. The French government, then at war with En...






  • In the winter of 1776, Captain Patrick Tremayne and Lieutenant Ethan Hale are charged with a seemingly impossible mission: To break the British blockade of the Delaware River, rendezvous with the scant forces of America’s Continental Navy and a han...



  • This is a Western mystery story about murder and grief and conspiracy and the dogged determination of two old friends to catch the people who have committed many terrible crimes against them. It takes the reader from a small western town through the ...



  • In the year 1778, Lieutenant Kenneth Hamilton, wrongfully court-martialed by the American Continental Navy, leaves the Navy to seek a berth in the merchant service. On the way to Boston, he encounters Lenora Torrence, a widowed ship owner with a form...



  • Just after the end of the Civil War, the Mississippi river boat Delilah, a large paddlewheel steamer carrying many war veterans back to their homes along the river, explodes and burns, killing hundreds of the passengers. U.S. Army Major Keith Harding...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charles E. Friend has published 13 books.

Charles E. Friend does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Yesterday's Enemies, was published in July 2014.

The first book by Charles E. Friend, The Savage Trail, was published in December 1992.

Yes. Charles E. Friend has 1 series.