Dan Wells Books in Order

Teenager John Wayne Cleaver follows strict rules to keep his fascination with murder from becoming action. When a killer strikes his hometown, his investigation forces him to confront a threat beyond the human criminals he studies.

New murders bring another supernatural predator to Clayton County, where John Wayne Cleaver works in his family's mortuary. To stop it, he must also restrain the violent inner persona he calls Mr. Monster.

Wrongly imprisoned Frederick Whithers fakes his death to escape and pursue a fraudulent inheritance. Emerging from a coffin gets him mistaken for a powerful vampire, drawing bankers, hunters, and actual monsters into his increasingly chaotic plans.

John Wayne Cleaver embraces hunting supernatural killers, but a new enemy brings disturbing murders to his town. As he attempts a relationship with Marci Jensen, protecting those around him becomes harder without surrendering to his violent impulses.

Michael Shipman struggles with schizophrenia, hallucinations, and the conviction that terrifying figures are pursuing him. When some apparent monsters may be real, he must investigate a threat while questioning which parts of his experience he can trust.

During a global war over dwindling oil reserves, newly trained Partial soldier Heron undertakes an infiltration mission behind enemy lines. Her discoveries expose the dangerous ambitions behind the engineered troops and threaten the relationship between humans and Partials.

After war and a weaponized virus nearly wipe out humanity, no newborn survives the infection. Sixteen-year-old medic Kira seeks a cure, investigating the engineered Partials as harsh pregnancy laws push the remaining human community toward conflict.

Kira Walker travels through devastated America seeking answers that could secure humanity's survival. Her journey into the ruins forces her to confront the origins of the Partials, her own identity, and the consequences of what she discovers.

Before becoming Khador's feared warcaster, Orsus Zoktavir wants a peaceful life with the woman he loves. His struggle to contain a violent temper collides with events that threaten their future and shape the Butcher of Khardov.

Elijah Sexton, once an ancient god, survives quietly by absorbing dead people's memories. When those memories reveal another fallen god nearby, he is pulled into a conflict between humans and monsters that threatens a woman he cares for.

Humans and Partials approach a final war, each possessing a weapon capable of destroying the other. Kira Walker, Samm, and Marcus struggle to prevent mutual annihilation while seeking a future in which both species can survive.

Frederick Whithers is trying to manage a funeral home when someone asks him to arrange a funeral for a living man. The assignment complicates an already unusual business with the competing demands of magic and necromancy.

John Wayne Cleaver joins a secret government team hunting supernatural killers, only to discover the monsters are organizing against them. His distrust of the FBI and fear of a cannibal called the Hunter complicate the escalating conflict.

In a future Los Angeles where brains connect directly to the internet, teenage gamer Marisa investigates a digital drug that harms her friend. The search draws her team into a conspiracy amid growing neighbourhood gang tensions.

Cosmetics scientist Lyle Fontanelle accidentally creates a lotion that overwrites human DNA and turns users into copies of other people. As his company pursues the product's commercial possibilities, its uncontrollable effects threaten identity and the wider world.

John Wayne Cleaver and Brooke travel through the Midwest hunting demons, using memories left from her possession to locate them. Hunger, pursuit by the FBI, and her unstable collection of personalities complicate their search for supernatural killers.

With his government team devastated, John Wayne Cleaver resumes hunting monsters alone. His pursuit of the Withered brings him toward their leader and a final confrontation, while the FBI remains another threat to his freedom.

Marisa Carneseca's gaming team receives an invitation to an elite Overworld tournament while she pursues a mysterious hacker. What looks like a route to professional success conceals corruption and dangerous forces that may make winning essential to survival.

Teen hacker Marisa Carneseca investigates the childhood crash that cost her an arm and supposedly killed a mob boss's wife. Fresh evidence from a gang shooting draws criminals and genetic engineering companies into a mystery about her past.

Twelve-year-old Zero wakes early from stasis aboard a ship carrying thousands of sleeping colonists to another planet. When space pirates attempt a takeover, he must use the vessel's resources to defend its passengers alone.

In Berlin shortly after the Wall rises, CIA cryptographer Wallace Reed decodes a troubling message from a double agent. Suspecting betrayal or a mole within his station, he must decide whom to trust as Cold War tensions mount.

Zero and Nyx discover thieves on their new colony planet just before a devastating storm carries them away. Stranded without communication, they must use science to survive pursuers, hostile weather, and the planet’s dragons.

Zero and Nyx search for a faster starship that reached Kaguya before their colony and now lies wrecked. Nyx’s dangerous relatives join the hunt, bringing pirates, kidnappers, and further threats into the race to find it.