Boyd Craven Books in Order

A short practical guide for making a simple adjustable soap mold at home. It focuses on small batches, easy cleanup, and using basic tools.

Thirteen-year-old Tres and his friends try to stay alive in a weird, broken Flint where zombies walk and vampires lurk in the background. It is a quick, scrappy survival story written with younger readers in mind.

The group grows, Tres's parents enter the picture, and a bite raises the stakes fast. This follow-up keeps the Flint setting and pushes the friends into tougher choices.

After losing Janie, Jim retreats to an off-grid cabin in northern Michigan to grieve. Then an Ebola outbreak and a rushed vaccine turn the outside world into a nightmare of the infected.

Blake and the homestead start looking beyond the first shock of collapse, but fresh injuries and new enemies keep them off balance. Survival now means scavenging, adapting, and defending the group.

Set at the edge of a political crackup, this opener follows a country where anger, media noise, and ideology are about to boil over. Once events tip, nobody gets to stay on the sidelines.

The homestead has become a real hub for trade, shelter, and hope, which also makes it a target. Rebuilding starts to matter just as much as fighting.

Jarek, Johanna, and Skye chase a hacker known as Mephisto while blackmail closes in. The result is a lean techno-thriller with romance, snark, and a hero who notices everything.

Widowed farmer Brian Cartwright is already at war with an HOA and a bitter former boss when an EMP changes everything. The people who mocked his lifestyle may now need his land, supplies, and grit.

Jarek Grayson is a wealthy hacker and private investigator with his own way of reading people. When a case turns personal, his sharp mind is tested against a fast-moving abduction plot.

This rougher side story follows survivors using a voice on the air to resist fear and isolation. It stands a little apart from the main arc while keeping the same grim, practical world.

A teenager in Alabama makes one life-changing choice, while David tries to earn trust and Sandra keeps building new contacts. The series keeps widening without losing its survival focus.

Blake trades his old blog for a radio mic, hoping hard-won lessons can still help people. Across the country, stranded survivors, camps, and shrinking supplies make the world feel even harsher.

Off-grid blogger Blake Jackson barely notices world tensions until the grid goes down and normal life vanishes. With Sandra beside him, he has to turn homesteading know-how into real survival.

Blake and Sandra head out to secure livestock while other survivors fight their way out of the city. The story widens and shows how self-sufficiency gets harder when everyone is hungry.

Tony wakes in a wasteland with cybernetic upgrades and an AI in his head. To keep humanity's knowledge alive, he has to cross deadly ground filled with raiders, giant creatures, and worse.

News anchor Jermane Williams is pulled deeper into a national firestorm as unrest reaches Washington. Media spin, political agendas, and street violence collide in a story built on escalation.

Dick, called Devil Dog, is thrown into a savage new reality as violence tears through Chicago. To stay alive, he has to move fast, protect the vulnerable, and decide what kind of man he still is.

Tom and his three prepper friends notice the sky change before most people understand what is happening. Their planning helps, but a failing grid quickly proves that being ready is only the start.

A protest at a gun shop explodes into something much bigger, and the country edges closer to open fracture. Craven turns social unrest into a fast political thriller about fear, pressure, and backlash.

Chicago's worst fires may be behind him, but Dick's road out is even more dangerous. Hunger, travel, and ruthless survivors make every mile feel like a test he may not pass.

Rumors about hidden government power become a direct threat as detention camps and hard control move into view. The homestead's people have to think beyond survival and toward organized resistance.

A man stranded in Texas while on leave is cut off just as the wider war reaches home. Getting back to the people he loves becomes a brutal journey across a collapsing country.

After the riots in Washington, Jermane faces a country even more divided than before. The series keeps its focus on propaganda, retaliation, and ordinary people trapped between extremes.

After the destruction of Laughlin Air Force Base, survivors in Texas scramble to regroup while the war keeps spreading. The series shifts deeper into open conflict, pressure, and hard military choices.

Battered communities make one last push to reclaim control and protect what they have built. This finale leans into sacrifice, resistance, and the question of whether hope can outlast the damage.

Rick wants a safer future, Tina knows what she wants, and Opus keeps watch over both of them. When violence forces them to bug out, small-town crime and preparedness collide fast.

Almost a year after Rick walked away from his old life, he, Tina, and Opus are pulled into another crisis. A simple trip turns into a tense survival run where the dog may be the smartest one there.

Dick, known as Devil Dog, is worn down by what survival has already cost him. The final book pushes him to choose between growing harder and holding onto the last scraps of his humanity.

A new enemy force pushes north, and the homestead's loose network has to fight like something more organized. Survival skills are no longer enough when the time comes to strike back.

Wes and Raider are still learning the rules of a powerless world when conflict with the Crater of Diamonds crowd gets personal. Hard choices blur the line between doing what is right and doing what works.

Westley Flagg is a poacher, moonshiner, and prepper trying to help his family when a solar storm cripples the grid. With Raider at his side, Wes has to turn hard rural skills into real survival.

Thomas Wright can see a few seconds into the future and charge ordinary objects with runes. Hunted by the Council of Mages and an almost mythic assassin, he is also trying to solve his parents' murder.

Rick, Tina, and their growing found family head into another survival test with Opus close by. The preparedness stays grounded, but the real draw is the bond between the people and their dogs.

Steve and Amber Taylor thought they were ready for economic collapse, until their preparedness made them a target. In a hostile subdivision, family safety depends on knowing which neighbors can still be trusted.

Thomas joins a taskforce to hunt Vassago and save Vivian, but the real danger may be inside the Council itself. Demons, betrayals, and a widening supernatural war push him close to the edge.

A man beaten down by a corrupt system is cleared, but not restored. After losing nearly everything, he stops looking for closure and starts looking for justice.

With Jessica's group feared lost and a mole inside the homestead, Wes finally turns from defense to offense. Supplies are thin, trust is thinner, and even a win may come at a brutal cost.

The KGR still looks unstoppable, and Wes may have to expose painful truths to stop them. The final book leans into hidden loyalties, pressure inside the group, and the price of freedom.

Open conflict leaves Wes pinned between brute force and smarter, dirtier tactics as the fight with the KGR gets uglier. Alliances shift, and the cost of leadership starts to show.

Rick stays in Michigan while Tina heads west for dog training, and both are pulled into separate rescue missions. A downed plane, lost scouts, and rough terrain turn an ordinary trip into a split-location survival adventure.