Devon C Ford Books in Order
Browse Joshua Gayou books with Devon C. Ford in order, with quick summaries, collaboration background, reading order, and notes on this later Commune arc.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
56 books
Hope
by Devon C Ford
2016
Shocking news about humanity's future sends Dan on a desperate journey for answers. Split from the wider group and racing the clock, he has to gamble everything on the chance that hope is still real.
Humanity
by Devon C Ford
2016
Dan and the others finally have a place to call home, but a roof does not make them safe. As the violence of other survivors closes in, they must decide what parts of themselves they can keep.
Sanctuary
by Devon C Ford
2016
Scattered and under pressure, the survivors face danger on the road while a separate plot grows back home. Sanctuary promises safety, but the fight for control is only getting more dangerous.
Society
by Devon C Ford
2016
The settlement is stronger now, which only makes it a more tempting target. Besieged and outnumbered, the survivors learn that defending society may demand a terrifying level of savagery.
Survival
by Devon C Ford
2016
A deadly illness empties the UK almost overnight, leaving Dan to wander through the silence and shock. As he gathers other survivors, staying alive becomes less about food and more about people.
Commune
by Devon C Ford
2017
After catastrophe ruins the old world, Jake Martin teams up with Billy and risks everything to rescue Amanda and her daughter. Four survivors become the fragile start of a community, if they can stay human long enough to build it.
Commune 2
by Devon C Ford
2017
The survivors have a foothold in the Wyoming mountains, but scavenged supplies will not last forever. As new people arrive and resources shrink, the commune learns that survival can demand trust, sacrifice, and brutal choices.
Genesis
by Devon C Ford
2017
In a ruined future ruled by the Party, Eve has been raised in secret as a weapon of rebellion. When Project Genesis makes its move, hope and violence arrive at the same time.
Rebellion
by Devon C Ford
2017
Steve is finally ready to strike back, but power plays inside and outside Sanctuary threaten to blow everything apart. Dan and the others may have found walls, but real safety is still nowhere in sight.
Aftermath
by Devon C Ford
2018
The outbreak spreads across Britain and beyond while Johnson's battered force tries to build a future on a fragile island foothold. Elsewhere, young Peter discovers survival can change a person fast.
Andorra
by Devon C Ford
2018
Leah takes center stage in this *After It Happened* spinoff as the world beyond Sanctuary opens up in risky new ways. Travel, uneasy alliances, and hard choices push her from survivor to leader.
Apocalypse
by Devon C Ford
2018
An experimental bio-weapon turns 1989 London into a feeding ground for the infected. Cut off from command, Sergeant Major Johnson and his soldiers fight to protect whoever they still can.
Arc
by Devon C Ford
2018
An incoming asteroid sends the powerful scrambling to save a fraction of humanity. A cryogenic refuge in space seems like the answer, until the survivors wake to a very different Earth.
Commune 3
by Devon C Ford
2018
Winter closes in on Jackson just as word of the Wyoming settlement spreads. A remnant military force and a hungry scavenger clan both see the commune as a prize worth taking.
Recon
by Devon C Ford
2018
Years after a lunar terrorist attack and a leap forward in energy technology, Kyle Torres is pulled into a mission that could change humanity's future. Deep space is closer than ever, and far less empty.
The Fall
by Devon C Ford
2018
Cal's trip to New York turns into a desperate escape when a terror attack spirals into nationwide catastrophe. With a handful of strangers, he runs inland as America starts to burn.
Abandoned
by Devon C Ford
2019
Britain is quarantined, the fleets pull away, and the survivors are left to fend for themselves. Split apart after battle, Johnson, Peter, and the others face a country that has truly given up on them.
Adaptation
by Devon C Ford
2019
Reunions bring relief, but false hopes die quickly in a world that keeps getting worse. Off the Scottish coast, a push for safety unleashes an enemy that has learned new tricks.
Adversity
by Devon C Ford
2019
Winter hits hard, trapping scattered survivors in a frozen, abandoned Britain. Hunger, conflict, and the cold strip away easy choices as every group fights to last one more day.
Commune 4
by Devon C Ford
2019
Jake's uneasy deal with Otto Warren buys Jackson time, but Clay's scavenger army is running out of land and patience. As rival ideas about justice and leadership collide, the commune faces its most dangerous test yet.
Piracy
by Devon C Ford
2019
Eight years after the fall, Leah looks back on the day raiders came from the sea and threatened everything Sanctuary had built. The attack forces her to fight for her people, her family, and her future.
Shorty and the Brits
by Devon C Ford
2019
Shorty, the underdog mech warrior with a mouth bigger than his frame, crashes into a British-flavored military mess. The result is a fast crossover full of banter, bad odds, and big hardware.
Alliance
by Devon C Ford
2020
Back in command of the Ichi, Kyle Torres hunts for the Va'alen homeworld and a way to end the war. The answer may lie in a dangerous new alliance that could save humanity or doom it.
Annihilation
by Devon C Ford
2020
A lull in the fighting tempts Johnson's group into hope, just as a deadlier turn in the outbreak hits. To survive, they may have to abandon everything that still feels like home.
Conflict
by Devon C Ford
2020
Humanity returns to Centauri ready for another fight and finds the battlefield strangely empty. While fleets regroup, Commander Brandt and her team are stranded on a hostile moon with danger closing in.
Contact
by Devon C Ford
2020
The recon ship Ichi makes first contact far from home and stumbles into an alien war. Humanity's hastily assembled fleet arrives to help, only to learn how outclassed it really is.
Erebus
by Devon C Ford
2020
Eve is trapped by the Party while Adam discovers a hidden world beyond the Frontier. The resistance is wounded, the truth is murkier than ever, and war is starting to look unavoidable.
Home
by Devon C Ford
2020
Years after peace seems to have taken hold, an old enemy returns and shatters the survivors' sense of safety. Dan and his closest allies are pulled back into the fight as the cost of compassion comes due.
Occupation
by Nathan Hystad
2020
Twenty-five years after aliens conquered Earth, factory worker Alec gets a chance to escape. His path collides with other survivors, a hunter serving the occupiers, and a resistance ready to rise.
Phoenix
by Devon C Ford
2020
Eve has built a quieter life away from the Citadel, but loyalty pulls her back into the fire. What she finds there makes one thing clear: some broken systems cannot be fixed, only burned down.
Reclamation
by Nathan Hystad
2020
A failed attack sparks something larger than victory, a global revolt. From the UK to Shanghai and beyond, the resistance makes one last push to break the Overseers for good.
Salvation
by Nathan Hystad
2020
With vital intelligence in hand, the Reclaimers spread out to recruit allies and strike hidden targets. Every mission carries new risk, especially for those still pretending loyalty to the Occupation.
Swarm
by Devon C Ford
2020
The survivors return to a transformed Earth and find warring human factions already fighting over what remains. As darkness brings the Swarm, Dr. Anderson and the Sierra team face a threat neither bullets nor politics can solve.
War
by Devon C Ford
2020
Trouble on Earth ripples through every front of the conflict. Torres is forced into diplomacy, Dassiova is sent on a secret mission, and the crew learns that some of their worst enemies are human.
Battle Lines
by Devon C Ford
2021
The Hive may be gone, but Tranquility is still not safe. As survivors rebuild and old enemies press in, Joel Lander faces another fight for the future of the colony.
Blood and Steel
by Devon C Ford
2021
Joel Lander leaves ruined Earth for a fresh start on the colony world Tranquility. Instead of peace, he finds a darkened settlement and a new enemy that drags him straight back into war.
Hades
by Devon C Ford
2021
Alliances harden and the galaxy slides toward open war. While Barton fights to earn a place in special operations, his friends are left holding a political line that could collapse at any moment.
Hunter
by Devon C Ford
2021
Ranger Quinn expects a rough day inside Zion City, not a murder investigation that sends him into the radioactive wastes beyond its walls. The farther he hunts, the uglier the truth becomes.
Odin
by Devon C Ford
2021
With both sides bloodied and regrouping, Barton joins an elite mission aimed at breaking enemy supply lines. One strike in the outer systems could decide whether the war burns on or ends.
Scourge
by Devon C Ford
2021
Marine Mike Barton answers a routine distress call and finds a nightmare waiting on a distant colony. Wounded, outmatched, and facing an unknown enemy, he is dragged into a war far bigger than one mission.
Traitor
by Devon C Ford
2021
Quinn returns to find his people already gone and Zion's danger growing fast. While allies struggle in Helena, he races to expose the traitor before the whole city pays the price.
After The Noise
by Devon C Ford
2022
Winter traps Shaun with a group of survivors whose ideas about survival do not match his own. Miles away, Abbie faces her own bleak new reality as both threads edge toward collision.
After the Sickness
by Devon C Ford
2022
The blackout and bombs were only the start. Reunited but still desperate, Shaun and Abbie search for Lydia while a deeper horror rises with the thaw.
After the Silence
by Devon C Ford
2022
Bright flashes in the sky wipe out the grid and throw the UK into panic. Stranded far from home, Shaun Taylor sets out through a collapsing country, determined to reunite his broken family.
Commune 5
by Devon C Ford
2022
Books and Bug lead a vulnerable group toward a rumored hospital in Washington, D.C., hoping to find safe births and real shelter. Instead they walk into a divided city and a war that could tear their friendship apart.
Fugitive
by Devon C Ford
2022
Quinn's fight with Zion's enemies turns into a run for survival across a brutal future wasteland. With old loyalties collapsing and the truth closing in, staying ahead may be the only way to win.
Commune 6: The Slavers of Grand Saline
by Devon C Ford
2023
Eleven years after the fall, Gibs and Alan track slavers across Texas after a family is taken on the road. Their rescue mission leads them toward Grand Saline, a brutal settlement built on forced labor.
Echo
by Devon C Ford
2023
After the Swarm's assault and a bloody human conflict, Anderson and the survivors push toward Europe and the mysterious ECHO site. The journey may be even deadlier than the destination.
Enemy Below
by Devon C Ford
2024
Marine Raider Troy Odell survives a mission that should have killed him and learns monsters are real. Dragged into a hidden war beneath the surface of the world, he has to relearn everything fast.
Enemy Within
by Devon C Ford
2024
After a near disaster in Florida, Odell is pushed into leadership and training while new killings erupt elsewhere. The team is stretched thin, and the secret war is getting harder to contain.
Enemy's End
by Devon C Ford
2024
Odell goes after the vampire tied to the slaughter of his old team as the hidden war reaches its most dangerous stage. Winning may be possible, but only at a brutal price.
Commune 7: Bloody Sun
by Devon C Ford
2025
Books has built a quiet life in the Smoky Mountains, hoping to keep his freehold clear of bigger powers. That peace starts to crack when Washington demands the scattered settlements rejoin the union or face war.
Enclave
by Devon C Ford
2025
Months after the undead outbreak, Rob Lewis lives behind fortified walls where safety comes with secrets. One unexpected survivor forces him to choose between staying obedient and going after the truth.
Mission
by Devon C Ford
2025
Rob and Bec are ambushed on the road, and a rescue mission becomes a reckoning. Obi and the others push into a town ruled by fear, where surviving the dead is only half the problem.
Warlord
by Devon C Ford
2025
Sanctuary finally feels peaceful, until strangers arrive and Dan senses danger before anyone else does. A routine supply run becomes the start of a fight from within, not the kind he knows best.
Isolation
by Devon C Ford
2026
Cut off from the others, injured, and hunted, Rob and Gator have to keep moving through hostile territory. In a broken world, endurance may matter more than heroics.
Where should I start?
For his trademark UK survival story: Survival → Humanity → Society → Hope
For the full Commune collaboration arc: Commune → Commune 2 → Commune 3 → Commune 4 → Commune 5
For military sci-fi in deep space: Recon → Contact → Conflict → War
For zombies and boots-on-the-ground action: Apocalypse → Aftermath → Abandoned
For darker supernatural action: Enemy Below → Enemy Within → Enemy's End
Author bio
Devon C. Ford is a British science fiction and post-apocalyptic writer who has lived in different parts of the UK before settling in the Midlands. Long before he was publishing novels full time, he worked in public services, a job he started in his teens. That background shows up in his fiction again and again. His books tend to care about pressure, duty, group dynamics, and the blunt fact that bad decisions can cost people everything.
He also came to reading a little later than some writers do. By his own account, he only really started reading for pleasure as an adult, after spending years steering clear of anything that felt too much like school. Once he found books for himself, he stuck with them.
That late start matters.
There is something very direct about the way he writes. His stories are usually built around people who have been thrown into a broken system, whether that means a plague-ravaged Britain, a zombie outbreak, a ruined future state, or a war somewhere off Earth. He likes practical problems, hard choices, tired people, and the uneasy friendships that hold a group together when everything else has gone wrong.
His breakout came fast. In April 2016 he launched the first three After It Happened novels, Survival, Humanity, and Society. The series found a big audience, and after Hope followed a few months later he decided to move into writing full time. Those early books helped set the pattern for a lot of what readers still come to him for now: grounded end-of-the-world fiction, fast momentum, and characters who sound like people rather than speeches.
From there he kept widening the map. Readers who want more survival-focused work usually start with After It Happened or the zombie-heavy Toy Soldiers. Readers who want space opera and military science fiction often head for Recon, the opening book of The Expansion. Other series, like Wasteland, Defiance, and Nocturnus, show how comfortable he is moving between ruined futures, authoritarian dystopias, and darker supernatural action.
He has also collaborated often, which says a lot about the kind of writer he is. He has co-written books with Joshua Gayou on later Commune novels, with Nathan Hystad on Rise, with Chris Harris on New Earth, and with Josh Hayes on Tranquility. Even across those shared worlds, his usual interests still come through: how groups form, how leaders fail, and how people rebuild after the first shock has passed.
He is especially interested in what comes after collapse.
That is one reason his books often feel different from stories that only want the initial disaster. Ford usually pushes past the bang and into the harder stage, food, shelter, defense, trust, politics, and the question of what kind of society gets rebuilt. He writes plenty of action, but the engine under it is usually social rather than technical.
These days he is still based in the Midlands and still writing across several corners of science fiction. If you move around his catalogue, you will see different settings and different threats, but the same core appeal keeps turning up: ordinary people under strain, trying to stay useful, decent, and alive.
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