Morgan Kane is a fictional western character and antihero, created by Kjell Hallbing under the pseudonym Louis Masterson.
The Morgan Kane series has become the biggest success in modern Norwegian leisure reading literature.
[1] Since 2011, the Morgan Kane series has been available also in the shape of eBooks published by WR Entertainment.
The first book, Without Mercy, was published in 1966, and the series is currently on sale in its 15th print edition.
His parents, Brendan and Gwen Cairn were Irish immigrants - they were killed by an Indian attack when Morgan was two weeks old.
Only 16 years old, Kane kills for the first time when he stabs Walsh, a drifter who contributed to the death of his parents.
He left the Army and tried prospecting for gold in South Dakota without much luck and he enlisted in the cavalry again, serving under General Custer.
Soon after the Sioux victory at Little Big Horn, Kane left the cavalry and became a gunslinger, riding with Billy the Kid and his gang of outlaws.
After a battle with El Coyote, he left the gang and in 1881 was recruited by the Texas Rangers.
He joined the Texas Rangers, and in 1882, he met his future wife, Linda Swift.
After two years of marriage, Linda was murdered, and Kane set out to find his wife's killers.
Marshal, fighting many historic gunslingers including the Clanton, Johnny Ringo, Dalton Brothers, Marion Hedgepeth, John Wesley Hardin, The Wild Bunch, Sam Carey and Tom Horn.
However soon Kane's superiors worried about his use of extreme violence, his excessive consumption of alcohol and at times, his mental disturbance, and his uncontrolled rage.
After that Kane is set to hunt for The Wild Bunch and ends up collaborating with Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid instead of arresting them.
Kane's health began to decline, and in 1910 he supported and fought with Pancho Villa during the Mexican Civil War.
In the last book Louis Masterson wrote, Kane was shot and killed by enemies in a deserted city on the Mexican border, facing overwhelming odds.
, The books depict Morgan Kane as a womanizing character with sociopathic tendencies, with a star-shaped scar and damage to tendons which has paralyzed the ringfinger on his gun hand.
The book series has been made available as eBooks since 2011 by publishing house WR Entertainment.
[2] Within three weeks of release, the first three ebooks held the top three best sellers on iTunes in Norway.
In 2011 WR Entertainment acquired worldwide screen rights to adapt the Morgan Kane story for film.