Beginnings Books in Order

A deadly airborne virus released in a New York subway spreads beyond control. In Connecticut, Joe Slagel leads people struggling to protect their loved ones, while the surviving strangers begin forming bonds that may outlast the catastrophe.

After years searching for his family, Robbie Slagel reaches the protected settlement of Beginnings, only to be expelled. In a world ravaged by plague, his rejection drives him to gather outcasts and threaten the community's security.

Beginnings residents discover fifty scientists held in cryogenic stasis beneath their community. Reviving them exposes secrets about the plague and an unexpected agenda, threatening the stability the survivors have built behind their protective walls.

Beginnings struggles to recover from its conflict with the scientists when Joe discovers a traitor inside the community. As grief and suspicion grow, an enemy's plans threaten to undo the settlement and bring another devastating loss.

Frank's attempts to change the past and bring back his brother Robbie create altered versions of the plague years. These restored stories revisit the consequences of his time travel, showing how Robbie's presence changes the course of events.

Beginnings hopes a time machine can provide the knowledge needed to stop the Society's biological weapon. After Frank's earlier mistakes, the community must act carefully as a new plague approaches and obstacles threaten its chance of survival.

This illustrated companion presents the fictional community of Beginnings through an entrance packet for new residents. Maps, photographs, registration documents, and accounts of housing and industry expand the setting of the plague-to-dystopia series.

A working time machine offers Beginnings a way to gather information before the plague and defeat the Caceres Society. Sending Frank into the past creates complications when his personal plans interfere with the mission to save the community.

With conflict against the Society approaching, the Slagels prepare a spy mission while illness troubles the family. Dean and Frank investigate what is affecting Dean's mind, and Johnny seeks help beyond what Lodi can provide.

Beginnings faces war with the Society and the threat of a devastating biological attack. Blind doctor Dean Hayes struggles to counter the virus while an insider undermines his work, leaving the community vulnerable from both within and outside its walls.

Frank takes Ellen away from Beginnings to cope with their son's loss, but Society forces pursue them outside the walls. Meanwhile, the United Western Alliance offers a military partnership that could change the community's fight for freedom.

Hal Slagel returns to his family after seven years, bringing the strength of his Horse Soldiers to Beginnings. Before the coming war, Frank and Robbie recount the community's early years, revisiting the experiences that shaped its people.

A betrayal by one of their own leaves the Slagel family shaken and wounded as Ellen's expulsion approaches. Dean faces a critical medical challenge, while the growing community of Beginnings remains under pressure from the Society.

A devastating explosion leaves Beginnings grieving while an insider pursues revenge over a murder. Hal Slagel believes he knows who has been harming the community, but exposing the suspect means challenging his own family and loyalties.

Beginnings and the United Western Alliance prepare to confront the Caceres Society, which is attacking key residents from within. As their rivalry deepens, a stronger third force emerges, threatening to make cooperation between enemies necessary for survival.

Robbie and Ellen disappear after a mysterious group kidnaps them, sending Frank and Joe searching for clues. Inside Beginnings, Johnny's claims of lost memory and a campaign of pranks against Dean add turmoil while the rescue takes shape.

Despite a truce between East and West, organized attackers threaten Beginnings with repeated assaults. An insider also sabotages life within the walls, forcing the community to confront external violence and hidden betrayal at the same time.

Beginnings investigates a murder while the real Society insider remains at large after another resident's downfall. As the suspect grows desperate, Dean and Ellen discover the Aragon Window, introducing a development that changes the community's situation.

Expelled from Beginnings, Ellen must survive outside its protective walls while the Society hunts her in revenge for a death. A fixed time limit and restricted help from the Slagel men turn her exile into a deadly pursuit.

Frank's disappearance leaves Beginnings grieving, but amnesia has turned him into a Society soldier. The community plans a rescue with help from the Horse Soldiers, while hidden Society agents threaten the effort and the safety of those at home.

Robbie's team discovers a virus intended to destroy Beginnings and becomes infected itself. Dean races to develop a cure while losing his sight, but an insider working for the enemy repeatedly undermines the community's struggle to survive.

New enemies emerge as the people of Beginnings turn their attention toward the past. The community faces a change that threatens to reshape its future, bringing another turning point in its long struggle to survive.

A virus weakens humanity, allowing ancient beings to emerge from hiding and regain control of Earth. Humans survive as slaves or hide within a growing resistance, which must find exceptional warriors to reclaim the world from its rulers.

Dean's determination to correct a failed experiment makes Beginnings question his behavior and implanted microchip. Unusual crimes unsettle the town, while the arrival of Jimmy, the fourth Slagel brother, adds another challenge to the family's uneasy relationships.

After tragedy strikes Beginnings, Frank assumes the presidency and seeks his father's murderer while preparing for war. Robbie struggles to accept what happened, leaving the brothers to face loss as they try to restore order to their community.

Shifting alliances leave Beginnings uncertain about who its enemies really are. As the reasons behind Dean’s outbursts emerge, new arrivals and Frank’s escalating antics push the community toward another unpredictable turn in its troubled history.

Frank Slagel writes his own version of a zombie apocalypse, placing himself alone in a city overrun by infected attackers. His rambling account alternates with Dean Hayes's steadier perspective, turning survival into a story within the Beginnings world.

Danny Hoi imagines an alternate future for Beginnings in which time travel has been banned. His account reaches beyond the community's walls, raising questions about whether this invented history might reveal dangers its people will eventually face.

Beginnings prepares for war while Robbie conceals a discovery that could damage his relationship with his family. Frank's unusually serious presidency prompts Hal to intervene, and a new virus brings further complications to the community's fragile recovery.

Beginnings must revise its preparations for an approaching war and confront the possibility of a dangerous future filled with LEPs. Meanwhile, someone inside the community wants Frank dead, turning a personal threat into another urgent problem.

The Slagel brothers pursue Frank's would-be assassin through a time machine and arrive a thousand years in the future. Back in Beginnings, their unexplained disappearance and a mysterious stranger create further uncertainty while the brothers face an unfamiliar world.

Elliott Ryder is shot, and a threat against Frank sends the Slagel brothers searching for a killer. As old technology returns to Beginnings and a visitor brings devices from the future, their investigation takes an unexpectedly far-reaching turn.

A journey into the distant future leaves Beginnings confronting a devastating loss and uncertainty about the approaching Great War. The Slagel family searches for answers while grief and the possibility of a larger threat strain their bonds.

With a new bacterial threat endangering Beginnings, Frank, Dean and Henry turn to the past in search of a cure. Their journey takes them fifteen years before the plague, where saving their community depends on confronting its earlier history.

Frank and his companions return with a possible treatment for the virus, only to discover a transformed home. Unexpected newcomers and sweeping changes force them to decide whether restoring the old order is possible or even desirable.

Ellen and Danny Hoi awaken from cryogenic sleep thirty-two years in the future and discover signs of Frank's interference. Meanwhile, Frank's companions face missing friends and a major change, leaving both groups struggling to understand their altered lives.

Ellen and her companions remain trapped in the future, waiting for an opportunity to awaken and return home. Meanwhile, Frank and Hal explore an unfamiliar place close to Beginnings, where ordinary expectations rarely apply.

As Beginnings approaches a fragile return to normal, overseas travelers encounter danger and an effort to retrieve Frank and Hal goes wrong. Frank’s disappearance sends him somewhere unexpected, complicating the community’s latest attempt to bring everyone home.

A time glitch bends reality as the Great War approaches, leaving Beginnings vulnerable to unexpected arrivals and disappearances. Joe struggles with Frank’s chaos while Jimmy and George remain missing at sea, facing threats beyond their friends’ knowledge.