W.R. Benton

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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2005
  • Latest Book:
    October 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Fall of America

1 - Premonition of Death (Mar-2014)
2 - Fatal Encounters (Aug-2017)
3 - Enemy Within (Aug-2017)
4 - Winter Ops (Aug-2017)
5 - Fallout (Aug-2017)
6 - Call Sign Copperhead (Feb-2018)
7 - Airborne (Feb-2018)
8 - Operation Hurricane (Jun-2018)
9 - Operation Instant Fury (Nov-2019)
10 - No Winners (Dec-2020)

A Nate Grisham Young Adult Adventure

1 - Fire Eyes (Jan-2018)
2 - Renegade Trapper (Jul-2018)
3 - Revenge (Jul-2018)
4 - Damascus Steel (Aug-2018)

Books in Order: 44 titles

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  • Guts and Whiskey

    A tale of Moving West...Clay Perkins, a young man in his twenties, realized that this sleepy midwest town was too small to support his undertakers' venture. With less than ten burials in the past year he was going to be out of business soon. His fami...

  • A Vietnam Tour of Duty

    The year is 1968—the place is the A Shau Valley, Vietnam. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Bill Jennings is just doing his job the best he knows how. Watching over his men, trying his best to keep them supplied and safe, pushing them when he has to, a...

  • Root Hog or Die

    A Federal agent on the huntWhen a frustrated Federal marshal can't capture two escaped murders, he calls in his ace in the hole, Nate Grisham. He needs Nate's man-hunting skills to find two men who escaped from a prison wagon on the way to their exec...

  • Pony Express Rider

    15-year-old Thad Collins, lost his parents in cabin fire one winter back. Now the orphan is barely able to survive, even after finding a collection of odd jobs in town. Cleaning up the jail and the saloon will only get him so far and there is little ...

  • Sod Buster

    The newest story in The Youngest Mountain Man seriesAt just 15 years-old, Levi Meadows has never had an easy life. Busting sod to farm the harsh prairie landscape is hard work—day in, and day out. It provides for his family, but at a high cost...

  • The Hangin' Judge

    A Manhunt like no other...Raised a sheltered and spoiled child, Ben Carson was a real no-good...lazy and without drive or ambition in his life. A murderous chance encounter with a saloon bully sets him on the path of crime and vicious torture. Robber...

  • The Youngest Avenger

    A new Young Adult western by WR BentonIn the poor rural midwest, many a young man relished the opportunity of landing a good paying job. Even a temporary job was a rare blessing; but this offer, guarding a Wells Fargo stage coach carrying a shipment ...

  • It Does Mean Something

    One man's tale of love, war and recovery.The year is 1971 and with the war raging in Vietnam a young high school graduate, Luke Barnes, figures with a draft number of 11 he may as well join up and get his choice of service—the Air Force. His ...

  • The Greatest Generation

    A story of love, hope and honor during WartimeTom is a typical American high school senior in 1943. With graduation just months away, his future is uncertain. He has applied to college, but war looms over his options. Will he get into a school and he...



  • Code Name Alpha

    On a strange and hostile planet, a survey team finds they are not aloneA team of NASA astronauts embark on a 1-year long survey expedition to a newly discovered planet. Their mission is to explore and document the planet's weather, environment and us...

  • No Winners

    The Fall of America - 10

    BOOK 10 - The series conclusionAfter years of heartbreaking bloodshed and sacrifice, the American partisans have fought the American-Russian war to a near stalemate. With troubles mounting in Mother Russia, the high cost, and unpopularity of continui...

  • Montana

    Missouri isn't the place Corporal James Thomas remembers from before the Civil War. Deserters and thieves abound making life for his aging parents and neighbors harsh, and in too many cases, brutishly short. In the young Corporal's case a serious hea...

  • Pull Iron or Die

    Sheriff Jake Clay is used to trouble, and he makes his livin' from making bad men pay.After the town bank is robbed, Sheriff Jake Clay is mad—spitting mad and out for blood. He and his posse think they have cornered the robbers in a nearby dry...

  • Operation Instant Fury

    The Fall of America - 9

    The action continues in BOOK 9 as the battle between the American resistance vs. the invaders continues anew... the conflict begins to turn as the partisans make new headway against their not-so-complacent Russian foes. Is this the beginning of the e...

  • Hell Town

    Railroads & Indian warsBlamed for a botched Army attack on an Indian village, Scout-Interpreter Wilmont Seth finds his services are no longer needed by the General in charge. Unsure of his future, he heads for Omaha hoping to find work with the railr...

  • The Silver Dollar

    An intriguing new series following the trails of the Wild West It all starts with a coin, but not just any coin.... In 1835 a dollar can mean life, or the slow death by starvation for a young New Orleans street urchin. When the lad spots the silver d...

  • Damascus Steel

    A Nate Grisham Young Adult Adventure - 4

    Announcing a new Mountain Man saga featuring reader favorite Nate Grisham. The War of 1812 is over, but tensions between England and the U.S. simmer. Political intrigues and divided loyalties lurk within the dark corners of America's capital. Barnshi...

  • Renegade Trapper

    A Nate Grisham Young Adult Adventure - 2

    The continuing saga of Nate Grisham, Black Mountain Man

    From the Authors of 'Nate Grisham' & 'The Fur Seekers' When fellow trapper, Coon Turner, turns renegade killer to steal the plew of his friends, Nate and Cotton decide justice must be s...

  • Revenge

    A Nate Grisham Young Adult Adventure - 3

    A new adventure in the Nate Grisham, Black Mountain Man saga. Nate and Cotton are always ready for trouble, but when they're ambushed by a Blackfoot war party they barely escape with their lives. Injured and on the run, the pair stumble into the b...



  • Operation Hurricane

    The Fall of America - 8

    Can the Resistance survive? In Book 8 the vicious fight against the Russian invaders continues... John works closely with his Chinese allies to hit back hard against the occupiers. Their air assets prove to be a powerful addition to the resistance...

  • Airborne

    The Fall of America - 7

    Unrestricted War As the Americans continue to fight against the Russians advance, their forces are becoming more organized and better equipped. But a devastating drone attack against their rebel leadership forces their hand, they must decentralize...

  • Call Sign Copperhead

    The Fall of America - 6

    A New Start Dazed and disoriented, John awakens in a field hospital somewhere in Louisiana. His last mission to capture and detonate a Russian suitcase nuke left him seriously wounded and unclear about the mission's ultimate outcome. As he begins ...

  • A Mountain Man Christmas

    From the Authors of 'The Fur Seekers' and 'The Long Ride Home' The frontier ain't a place for folks troubled by any weaknesses, not with hostile tribes and wide open spaces aplenty between you and another friendly face. God-fearing mountain man Deaco...

  • Fire Eyes

    A Nate Grisham Young Adult Adventure - 1

    A new tale in the Youngest Mountain Man saga.As Eagle Talon(Jared) and Fire Eyes are scouting ahead, they're looking for an enemy tribes' raiding party, but instead discover something bone chilling. A massacre of pioneers, freedmen and runaway slaves...

  • Enemy Within

    The Fall of America - 3

    What if it all came crashing down? In The Fall of America: Book 3 the battle for America rages on. John and his fellow partisans evolve from a rag-tag group of rebels into an organized force. Embarking on more challenging and dangerous missions, t...

  • Fallout

    The Fall of America - 5

    The line has been crossed... First they used chemical weapons on the Americans, then the Russians set off a tactical nuclear bomb in an effort to destroy a suitcase nuke captured by the rebels. Deadly radioactive fallout now adds to the already fi...

  • Fatal Encounters

    The Fall of America - 2

    What if it all came crashing down? It started with the "Biggest" stock market crash in history. Banks shut down under the weight of their bogus investments, and the financial sector failed. People looked to the government to make it all better. Th...

  • Winter Ops

    The Fall of America - 4

    What if it all came crashing down? The Fall of America: Book 4 marks a turning point for the American rebels in their fight against the invading Russians. Ambushing a Russian convoy, the rebels discover cases of the 9K32 Strela-2M missiles, or as ...

  • Alive and Alone

    From the Author of 'Simple Survival' On a trip to the Lake Clark area of the Alaskan bush, a sudden arctic weather system forces down the small plane of Dr. Jim Wade, and his son David. Both have survived the crash, but not unscathed. Food, fire a...



  • Cowboys and Zombies

    A bone gnawing tale of western horrorExhausted from his long vision quest, a young warrior falls prey to the lies of the Sioux demon Double Face. He is tricked into accepting the gift of eternal life, but immortality comes at a terrible price; he wil...

  • Hot Iron

  • Bad Man Gone Good

    Can a Bad Man Really Change?Ranch hand Casey Dawkins, just wants his gosh darn back pay. He takes his beef up with the owner's son, but the other man turns nasty and the discussion has a deadly outcome. Casey killed the other man, but in self defense...

  • Dream Catcher

    A Young Adult Western, by acclaimed Western author W.R. Benton.In Dream Catcher, wiley mountain men Jed and Mule decide to swindle some local Indians by trading doctored-whiskey for beaver plews. The scheme has mixed results, and they wind up rescuin...

  • The Long Ride Home

    A new Western from authors W.R. Benton & Grady ClarkYoung'un Augustus Nash, is a good boy. At just 14 he already knows his family needs every pair of hands working hard from sun up to bed just to stay ahead. But when Gus witnesses a brutal murder he ...

  • Hired Gun

    A New western from the Author of 'Jake Masters, Bounty Hunter'The dusty mining town of Bannack, Montana harbors a fierce rivalry, two businessmen will do anything for advantage over their competition...even if it means murder. Myles Sams is a hired k...

  • War Drums

    The sequel to the bestseller War PaintBear, Ty Fisher, and Jarel Wade team up in a new action-packed adventure. When the trio of mountain men catch wind of a Sioux plan to ambush the annual Fur Rendezvous supply wagon train, the spring into action. T...

  • Premonition of Death

    The Fall of America - 1

    What if it all came crashing down? It started with the "Biggest" stock market crash in history. Banks shut down under the weight of their bogus investments, and the financial sector failed. People looked to the government to make it all better. Th...

  • Missouri in Flames

    Surviving four long and bloody years fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War, James Light served under partisan leader William Quantrill and the black flag. It was with the raiders he meets Jesse and Frank James, as well as Cole Younger. Li...

  • James McKay, U.S. Army Scout

    From the Author of 'War Paint'After the Civil War...Having survived four long bloody years of slaughter and horrors, Ex-Confederate Colonel James McKay stakes his hopes on finding a new beginning in the west, but instead finds violence and death. Des...



  • War Paint

    George Alwood III is a spoiled and rich young man who heads west to become a mountain man in 1825. Taken under wing by two experienced old mountain men, George Alwood the third becomes Bear Killer the mountain man. After a short visit with Shoshoni I...

  • Silently Beats The Drum

    This story of Jeb and Nancy is a fictional example of the kind of life many people lived during the peak period of the American Civil War. It was a rough life for those in the South and a constant effort from day to day just to survive. As the Union ...

  • In the Shadow of the Mountain

    In the Shadow of the Mountain, Jed and Mule are trading whiskey to the Indians for beaver pews when they are asked by the army to attempt to stop a possible war with the Sioux by returning two woman captives to them. Unknown to the two mountain men, ...

  • Bubba's Dawg Might Be a Redneck

    Have you ever wondered how true Southerners live? Have you ever thought much about how they see life and how they react to the different things that happen every day to each of us? Take look at Dixie Land as few folks ever see it, as it really is! Se...

  • Ty Fisher and the Blood of the Mountain Men

    Ty Fisher is a man of deep honor and when fellow fur trapper Bull Singleton turns to robbing and killing his fellow trappers for their furs, he is honor bounded to see mountain justice served. Ty goes after the renegade killer with his trapping part...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

W.R. Benton has published 44 books.

W.R. Benton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Guts and Whiskey, was published in October 2025.

The first book by W.R. Benton, Ty Fisher and the Blood of the Mountain Men, was published in March 2005.

Yes. W.R. Benton has 2 series.
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