Grace Hamilton Books in Order
Find Grace Hamilton books in order, with short summaries and guides to the author's series that help you choose where to start and what to read next.
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Grace Hamilton books in publication order
69 books
Dark Defiance
by Grace Hamilton
2017
Raiders threaten the lodge as winter approaches. Megan's group must cooperate with neighboring survivors, despite the distrust that could undermine their defense.
Dark Destruction
by Grace Hamilton
2017
A damaged dam threatens to flood the lodge. Megan and Wyatt organize defenses, only to discover that the worsening disaster may involve deliberate sabotage.
Dark Hunt
by Grace Hamilton
2017
Megan is separated from her daughter during a storm. Injured and fearing kidnapping, she must accept the lodge community's help to find her.
Dark Redemption
by Grace Hamilton
2017
To secure treatment for a sick baby, Megan agrees to deliver a soldier's mysterious package. Armed opponents threaten the journey through a ruined city.
Dark Retreat
by Grace Hamilton
2017
After an EMP, Megan seeks help for her sick daughter at a remote lodge. Distrustful survivors and a mysterious stranger complicate their search for safety.
Dark Revival
by Grace Hamilton
2017
Returning survivors find soldiers occupying their lodge while Megan's daughter hides inside. With few resources, the group must plan a rescue and reclaim their home.
Dead End
by Grace Hamilton
2018
Jim Parker searches for his daughter while resisting the Council's expanding power. Inside the cult that abducted her, Sara pursues her own plan, forcing her father to weigh destroying her captors against protecting innocent lives.
Dead Lines
by Grace Hamilton
2018
When an EMP cuts emergency calls, operator Jim Parker becomes a kidnapped girl's last hope. Her case echoes his own daughter's disappearance, drawing him and an unexpected ally toward a secretive cult as society collapses.
Dead Reckoning
by Grace Hamilton
2018
A raid on the Council's stronghold leaves Jim Parker imprisoned while his friends continue their resistance. He tries to help from within and persuade his daughter to join him, but their ideas of freedom may not align.
Freezing Point
by Grace Hamilton
2018
A catastrophic polar shift plunges the eastern United States into relentless cold. Mechanic Nathan Tolley takes his pregnant wife and asthmatic son toward a rumored refuge in Detroit, confronting gangs and deadly weather along the route.
Killing Frost
by Grace Hamilton
2018
Detroit's promised sanctuary proves increasingly unsustainable for Nathan and his family. With medicine and food running low, they must choose between a dangerous westward journey and accepting the troubling price demanded by their supposed protector.
Black Ice
by Grace Hamilton
2019
After devastating losses, Nathan struggles to lead his companions through an unending winter. Wyoming offers no relief, forcing them southward while past decisions catch up with the group and survival demands further sacrifice.
Crumbling World
by Grace Hamilton
2019
A solar storm destroys the power grid, separating nuclear engineer Shane from his wife and son. He leads their blind daughter toward a family refuge, while Jodi confronts a powerless hospital and mounting danger to bring the others to safety.
Fallen World
by Grace Hamilton
2019
Still separated after a solar catastrophe, Shane and Jodi struggle to reunite their family. His prepared refuge attracts desperate outsiders, while her efforts to protect their son and an ill relative are threatened by a violent gang.
Survive the Aftermath
by Grace Hamilton
2019
Austin shelters with his daughter and other survivors at his brother's house after an EMP attack. Dwindling supplies force risky foraging, while intelligence about the disaster's deliberate origins makes him a target for the organization responsible.
Survive the Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2019
Journalist Austin survives an ambush just as an EMP attack destroys communications and transport. Injured and separated from his daughter, he depends on a stranded crop-duster pilot to help him cross a countryside descending into lawlessness.
Survive the Conflict
by Grace Hamilton
2019
Decoded files reveal a possible way to disable the satellites prolonging the blackout. But Austin's scattered companions face gangs, betrayal, and pursuit, while his missing daughter forces him to choose between a desperate rescue and a chance to end the disaster.
Surviving the Elements
by Grace Hamilton
2019
After losing their island refuge, Regan, Wolf, and their companions cross a collapsing Florida toward the swamp. Injury, shortages, and distrust of newcomers test whether staying together offers a future worth fighting for beyond immediate survival.
Surviving the Refuge
by Grace Hamilton
2019
Reaching Wolf's prepared island fails to provide the security his companions expected. Regan struggles with group life while equipment deteriorates and storm season approaches, forcing everyone to reassess the refuge as a more serious threat begins to emerge.
Surviving the Swamp
by Grace Hamilton
2019
An EMP turns a staged survival show into a real emergency, leaving expert Wolf responsible for contestants chosen to fail. Leading them through Florida swamps, he must build cooperation while reluctant participant Regan considers whether she would survive better alone.
Bitter End
by Grace Hamilton
2020
The Standing family struggles to defend its refuge as buried secrets strain their unity. When a ruthless leader captures Storm while enslaving other survivors, Maxine must confront her past to bring her son home in a world collapsing around them.
Dark End
by Grace Hamilton
2020
An astronomical disaster destroys electrical systems and intensifies human aggression, separating the Standing family. Josh travels with young offenders and his daughter while Maxine protects their ill son, each trying to reach a prepared family refuge through escalating violence.
Deep End
by Grace Hamilton
2020
Captured by a violent gang after washing ashore, Josh searches for his missing daughter while weighing obligations to fellow prisoners. Elsewhere, Maxine faces illness, family tensions, and a militia targeting the farm where she and their son have taken shelter.
Escaping Capture
by Grace Hamilton
2020
Marines arrive at Elna's island refuge pursued by a paramilitary force, leaving the survivors unsure whom to trust. Discoveries about the vineyard's hidden purpose bring new attackers and turn defending their home into a wider struggle.
Escaping Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2020
An island refuge offers temporary security after an EMP attack until a storm brings a father seeking medicine for his son. With her own father's supplies depleted, Elna joins a dangerous mainland journey where valuable trade goods attract violent attention.
Escaping Conflict
by Grace Hamilton
2020
An EMP attack strands Elna, her father, and a group of guests at their island vineyard. As supplies dwindle and violence erupts, she must unite the survivors and consider a dangerous mainland journey to keep them alive.
Final End
by Grace Hamilton
2020
Josh and Maxine try to keep their fractured family alive while protecting a scientist who may understand the madness spreading after the disaster. Facing a tyrant and worsening coastal danger, they must decide what sacrifices a possible cure demands.
New World
by Grace Hamilton
2020
The McDonalds establish a fortified refuge with water and solar power, but desperate neighbors demand its resources. As an old enemy returns and the town turns hostile, Shane and Jodi must defend the home their family fought to build.
Survive the Fall
by Grace Hamilton
2020
A power failure strands Greg's hunting party in Canada's wilderness while his son faces threats at their ranch. The divided family must survive without modern equipment as outsiders attempt to seize their resources.
Breaking Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2021
Driven from their factory by a militia pursuing Nate, Melanie and her companions flee into a hostile landscape. Keeping him safe endangers everyone, and a disappearance forces her to choose between continued flight and a confrontation.
Emerging Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2021
After an EMP, factory worker Melanie agrees to find her boss's son in exchange for shelter. Her own husband and daughter need help elsewhere, forcing her to weigh a dangerous bargain against the family's desperate need to reunite.
Enduring Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2021
Melanie's survivors shelter in an abandoned factory, but a violent group wants them out. Her husband's infected wound forces a search for medicine while suspicion and conflict inside the refuge threaten their fragile defenses.
Erupting Chaos
by Grace Hamilton
2021
A medical emergency exposes how vulnerable the Rileys remain after the EMP. As they seek supplies and fortify their hotel, an old enemy returns with reinforcements, threatening the family and its hopes of rebuilding.
Erupting Danger
by Grace Hamilton
2021
Reunited after the EMP, the Rileys face dwindling food and medicine while their hotel attracts desperate survivors. A relative's attempt to escape prison creates further danger, testing the family's ability to cooperate and protect its refuge.
Erupting Trouble
by Grace Hamilton
2021
An EMP separates the Riley family as they begin a new life running an Illinois hotel. Matthew tries to get his ailing father home while Kathleen escapes a prison visit and relatives defend the property from desperate outsiders.
Survive the Attack
by Grace Hamilton
2021
Winter brings new pressure to the Healy ranch as Greg pursues revenge and his son shoulders growing responsibility. When an enemy abducts a family member, they must choose between protecting the ranch and rescuing their loved one.
Survive the Journey
by Grace Hamilton
2021
The Healys lead their cattle toward a Canadian hunting cabin after losing their ranch. A dangerous thaw and pursuing enemies turn the mountain journey into a struggle to keep their family together and protect its future.
Broken World
by Grace Hamilton
2022
An EMP traps Laurel with vulnerable hospital patients. Her estranged husband Bear crosses a dangerous, collapsing landscape, determined to reach her.
Chaotic World
by Grace Hamilton
2022
A gang leader forces Laurel to treat his dying son. Meanwhile, Bear battles a Minnesota winter with an orphan and his dog.
Dangerous World
by Grace Hamilton
2022
Stranded at another hospital, Laurel tries to return to her mother. Bear reaches their former refuge and must decide whether to keep searching.
Enduring Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2022
After an EMP disaster, teacher Molly and former Marine Colton bring their students home to a town in chaos. A student's father assumes control, forcing the group to confront troubling motives behind his apparent leadership.
Escaping Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2022
An EMP strikes while teacher Molly takes five troubled students to visit a prison. Trapped with the inmates and their former Marine bus driver, the group must escape a riot and face a world losing power and order.
No Rescue
by Grace Hamilton
2022
Geologist Ruth and her granddaughter are stranded on an offshore rig after a power failure and helicopter crash. With a storm building, damaged backup equipment and missing people suggest that someone among the survivors is sabotaging their escape.
Surviving Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2022
After an EMP destroys society, Molly leads survivors toward her family's Maine cabin. Winter preparations become a struggle against limited resources, a father demanding his daughter back, and a prison guard hunting someone Molly is sheltering.
Burned World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
Drought and an approaching wildfire threaten the fragile settlement at Hickory Falls. Refugees bring both risks and desperately needed help, leaving the McDonald family to weigh trust and resources as a former firefighter proposes a plan to save their community.
Collapsed World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
Finding Mae fractures the family's loyalties as war intensifies. Laurel confronts an epidemic affecting both sides while Bear is drawn into the fighting.
Divided World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
Reunited, Laurel and Bear search for their soldier daughter through territory divided by armed factions, risking their fragile safety to restore their family.
Endless Storm
by Grace Hamilton
2023
A failed climate intervention unleashes devastating storms as widowed boat operator Kelly and her brother-in-law search for their children. Floods, gangs, and a spreading plague threaten their attempt to reunite and reach a refuge in the Smoky Mountains.
Lawless World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
Bear joins a final offensive against the Militia while Laurel seeks medical supplies. Their former hospital's devastation reveals how precarious survival remains.
No Escape
by Grace Hamilton
2023
A terrorist group moves to capture the offshore platform sheltering Ruth's survivors. They must find a way to destroy their own refuge and strike back, even as another storm threatens to trap them within reach of the attackers.
No Relief
by Grace Hamilton
2023
After surviving the rig's sabotage, Ruth and the others seek refuge on an island that proves less safe than it appears. A possible lead against the attackers draws her toward the mainland while her granddaughter prepares for another assault.
Ruined World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
After fire destroys their sanctuary, Jodi leads her surviving family in search of another home. A religious community offers shelter, but its apparent generosity conceals growing control, forcing her to question whether refuge has become a new form of captivity.
Stormy World
by Grace Hamilton
2023
Free from a fanatical community but burdened by grief, Jodi's family searches for safety on the road. Owen's insistence that the coast offers their best future becomes increasingly reckless, threatening the unity Jodi needs to preserve.
Evolving Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2024
Deb leads a group of survivors fleeing an abusive captor after an EMP disaster. As he pursues Carol and her baby, the fugitives hope a family reunion will offer protection, while addiction threatens Carol's fragile freedom.
Rising Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2024
After an EMP, Deb escapes a group of human traffickers and reluctantly takes responsibility for other fugitives. Pursued through harsh terrain, she must make difficult decisions and judge whether strangers can be trusted to help.
Withstanding Anarchy
by Grace Hamilton
2024
Deb's group reunites with family members but remains threatened by the abusive man pursuing Carol and her unborn child. As supplies dwindle and arguments divide the camp, the survivors must cooperate to protect one another.
After the Fallout
by Grace Hamilton
2025
After an EMP collapses the West Coast, Claire teams up with her ex-husband to find her missing sister. Pregnant surrogate Lydia survives a plane crash, but the powerful family claiming her unborn child poses a threat beyond the surrounding wilderness.
Deadwater
by Grace Hamilton
2025
Hazel, Caleb, and their companions abandon their forest refuge when the Wellspring cult arrives with armed allies. Exhausted and short of clean water, they follow a chain of waystations that could offer survival or another deadly trap.
Into The Mire
by Grace Hamilton
2025
Hazel and her found family shelter at a wilderness cabin with a precious clean-water source. Taking in strangers exposes them to betrayal and brings a cult allied with rogue soldiers toward the sanctuary they are desperate to preserve.
No Safe Water
by Grace Hamilton
2025
Hazel escapes a controlling cult with her younger brother just as toxic water devastates society. Joining stranded scientists in the Oregon wilderness, they head for a remote cabin while sickness, scarce supplies, and pursuing enemies threaten their survival.
Survive the Trap
by Grace Hamilton
2025
Driven from their homestead by a pursuing gang, Austin and Amanda head toward Spokane seeking help to restore power. Broken roads, a failed vehicle, and hostile scavengers threaten their escape as familiar enemies close in behind them.
Survive the Turmoil
by Grace Hamilton
2025
An emergency landing leaves Austin, Amanda, and several children stranded at a remote mountain airstrip. Captured by rebels fighting a ruthless regional leader, they must decide how far to enter a conflict when their priority is keeping the family alive.
Survive the Unrest
by Grace Hamilton
2025
A year after defeating one threat, Austin and Amanda hope a new regional government will restore order. Instead, their meeting with its ambitious leader becomes dangerous, while soldiers at the family homestead hold the children effectively hostage.
After The Escape
by Grace Hamilton
2026
With Rob critically wounded, Claire searches a lawless landscape for medical help while powerful enemies pursue them. A militia attack forces the family toward rumors of sanctuary, where trusting other survivors may be as dangerous as traveling alone.
After the Storm
by Grace Hamilton
2026
Claire and Alejandro take their family north by ferry hoping to reach safety in Seattle. Crowded decks, armed troops, and a pursuer seeking pregnant Lydia turn the crossing dangerous, before a storm separates them and Lydia disappears.
Desperate World
by Grace Hamilton
2026
Fleeing into the wilderness, Laurel and Bear face a desperate choice when pregnant Mae needs medicine controlled by another armed group.
Plagued World
by Grace Hamilton
2026
With the clinic destroyed, Laurel struggles against a spreading illness that infects Trent. Meanwhile, Gideon leads children toward safety with pursuers closing in.
Sabotaged World
by Grace Hamilton
2026
Fires strike the community around Bear's forest cabin during a blizzard. An old ally seeking refuge brings another armed threat toward their home.
Erupting Tensions
by Grace Hamilton
2027
A tornado devastates Matthew Riley's settlement, leaving limited supplies and an influx of refugees. While survivors struggle to rebuild, theft, sabotage, and rising tensions threaten the community he has fought to establish after civilization's collapse.
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