THE Last Riders (Novels)
The Last Riders Series was written by Jamie Begley, with the first book, Razer’s Ride, being published by YoungInkPress in 2013. Currently the series is an ongoing one.
Spin Off series
The Last Riders have spawned several spin off series, each authored by Jamie Begley. Those series are as follows:
Books included in the last riders series (In order)
Other Work
The Last Riders characters have been briefly mentioned in another author’s work. Vincent by Jamie Begley’s daughter and fellow author, Sarah Brianne, briefly mentioned the motorcycle club.
The Last riders
The Last Riders are a fictional motorcycle club in the book series The Last Riders (Novels) by author Jamie Begley. Most of their main members currently reside in fictional Treepoint, KY.
HIstory
The Last Riders were founded an unknown number of years before the start of the series by Loker James (Viper) and his brother, Gavin Stolmes in Ohio. The original members, including Loker James and Gavin Stolmes, were former Navy SEALS who served together and developed a strong bond, coming together after their military service was over to form the club. Each member has a pseudonym that they go by at the club and to other motorcycle clubs. It is unknown if they acquired these names during their military service or upon joining the club. Currently, Viper is the leader of the Last Riders.
Original Members
It should be noted that most of the original members are each individually wealthy, with numerous holdings, patents, and land in their names. Knox Bates and his wife Diamond, for example, own their own private island.
current Members
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Rider
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Nickel
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Natasha (Raci)
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Jewell
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Dawn
membership requirements
Membership is open to both men and women, with different rules in place as to how one becomes a part of the club.
Men pledge to the club and if must fight and hold their own with four members of the club.
Women wishing to join have to earn “votes” from six of the remaining eight original members through sex. However, this has changed as the series progressed and many of the original members have entered committed relationships/marriages. Now women must earn a “mark” or vote through some other way other than sex, to become a member of the Last Riders. It is also customary for women to get a tattoo with the date they earned their last vote.
company in treepoint
The Last Riders currently own a company in Treepoint where they make emergency boxes, for natural disasters, doomsday preppers, etc. The clubhouse that is home to many of the members is located on the same property as the warehouse where the emergency boxes are created, and was originally designed to be a bed and breakfast for the owners of the company. The property was bought by Gavin Stolmes a few years before the events of Razer’s Ride, with the disappearance of Gavin Stolmes and missing two million dollars becoming a subject of gossip among the residents of Treepoint. Eventually, it was discovered that fellow Last Rider, Memphis, under orders from Vincent Bedford, one of Gavin’s investors, had murdered Gavin and buried his body behind the clubhouse of a rival motorcycle club. The factory becomes active during the events of Knox’s Stand, and employs many people in Treepoint.
Ally MOtorcycly Clubs
Throughout the course of the series, The Last Riders have developed allies with other motorcycle clubs in their area.
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The Destructors
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The Blue Horsemen
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The Predators
Treepoint, KY
Treepoint, KY is the fictional town created by Jamie Begley, where her series, The Last Riders is set and where the main characters live. Its exact location is unknown but it is probably close to the Virginia border according to the text of Razer’s Ride. The town itself seems to be a small, rural, tight-knit, religious community that is very wary of outsiders. It is stated throughout many of the books that most of the town attends the local unnamed Baptist church that was once led by Beth Moore and Lily Hunter’s father, Saul Cornett; and everyone in the town seems to know one another, at least in passing.