Exiled Books in Order

Exiled imagines a United States pushed deep into crisis by drought. Not a bad season. Not a temporary shortage. A long, grinding collapse in fresh water that changes where people live, how governments behave, and what families are willing to do to stay alive.

The series centers on Brooke Fontanne, an engineer living in a drying San Diego with her two children. In The Beginning, Brooke realizes the rules around her are tightening fast, especially once the Colorado River runs dry and water restrictions turn daily life into a countdown. From there, the story broadens into movement, borders, and the desperate search for somewhere that can still function.

Water is the pressure point here.

That gives the books a different feel from Hunt's EMP fiction. The disaster is slower, more political, and more tied to geography. Movement matters. Territory matters. Decisions about who crosses where and who gets access to basic resources matter a lot. It is still survival fiction, but with a stronger sense of environmental collapse shaping every next step.

If you like post-apocalyptic stories where the central threat is scarcity rather than sudden blackout, Exiled is a good fit. Hunt keeps the family stakes close, but the wider backdrop is what gives the series its extra bite. This is survival under pressure, with drought turning ordinary lines on the map into real barriers.