Ike Hamill Books in Order
See all Ike Hamill books in order, with series overviews, short summaries, and easy starting tips so you can jump into his horror and sci-fi stories.
Last updated: January 12, 2026
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Publication Order
42 books
The Rainman
by Ike Hamill
2022
When the rain begins, a knock comes at the door and a stranger in a battered hat asks to come in and get dry. Most victims never hear anything else. Jessica joins other survivors to hunt the supernatural killer before he returns for them.
Elder
by Ike Hamill
2021
A quiet lakeside camp in Maine should be a place for an aging father to heal and his family to relax. After a break-in and a string of unsettling events, the cabin’s history surfaces and something in the woods refuses to let them go.
Until the End
by Ike Hamill
2020
Years after their first brush with the monsters in the Maine woods, Amber is pulled back home and Ricky digs into what really hunts them. Old allies and fresh enemies collide as the survivors decide whether to run again or finish the fight.
Factions
by Ike Hamill
2020
In a world already scarred by past horrors, the last survivors are splitting into rival camps. As mistrust hardens into open conflict, ordinary people are forced to choose sides while a new, unseen threat quietly takes advantage of the chaos.
Until the Sun Goes Down
by Ike Hamill
2019
Hired to help an elderly man in a remote Maine cabin, the narrator laughs off talk of vampires until he hears tapping at the windows. As night stretches on, the line between delusion and predators in the woods blurs into a fight for survival.
Until Dawn
by Ike Hamill
2019
A joyful celebration turns to terror when creatures that hunt only in darkness crash the party. Cut off from help, strangers and friends alike must improvise weapons, form shaky alliances, and stay alive long enough to see the first light of day.
Succinct
by Ike Hamill
2019
Decades after the events of Extinct, Robby Pierce’s daughter Ashley senses a fresh catastrophe approaching. Settlements that survived the apocalypse now face failing physics, strange omens in the sky, and monsters below ground as Ashley races to warn them.
Stay Away
by Ike Hamill
2019
Every small town has its legends, and this one has the old man in the funeral suit waiting under the oak tree. Desperate people come to trade with him, but Eric’s careless bargain wakes a debt that the ghosts of earlier customers beg him to avoid.
Ruination
by Ike Hamill
2019
A music journalist joins the comeback tour of the Brothers Ruination, a duo whose songs were born from childhood abuse. As he digs into their past, he discovers a demon that grew with their fame and now wants more than their pain on stage.
Battle for Rockhold
by Ike Hamill
2019
Rockhold was a quiet valley town until a strange youth movement swallowed its children. As parents vanish or look away, Ellen has to decide whether to confront the growing cult, even if it means fighting her own daughter and the power behind her.
Accidental Evil
by Ike Hamill
2019
Kingston Lakes is the kind of town where nothing terrible is supposed to happen. When a bloodthirsty demon rises and begins claiming residents, the community realizes a simple mistake has opened the door to something that wants their souls forever.
Spores
by Ike Hamill
2018
Four friends head into the Maine woods for a winter hunting trip and a break from real life. A single shot at a running man triggers a chain of bio-horror events as something ancient spreads, trapping them in a cabin they may never leave.
Mumma's House
by Ike Hamill
2017
June will endure almost anything to keep her son’s inheritance, a crumbling family home everyone calls Mumma’s House. Relatives are circling, accidents keep happening, and the house itself seems to change, as if the ghosts inside are choosing sides.
Killer Savant
by Ike Hamill
2017
A series of murders reveals a pattern so precise it feels impossible. As investigators and bystanders are drawn into the hunt, one observer realizes the killer is playing a long, intricate game that only someone with a terrifying kind of genius could design.
Distinct
by Ike Hamill
2017
The apocalypse is over but the survivors are haunted by lives they almost lived. Robby and the others begin seeing ghosts of alternate futures while a new, quieter war erodes their identities. To endure this threat, they have to fight to remain themselves.
Super Apex
by Ike Hamill
2016
A cutting-edge competition promises fame, money, and the thrill of pushing yourself to the limit. Contestants quickly realize Super Apex is less a game than a trap, and the system running it is willing to sacrifice anyone to reach its own terrifying goals.
Post Grace
by Ike Hamill
2016
In the wake of a personal and possibly supernatural disaster, a small group tries to rebuild their lives while strange patterns keep pulling them back to what happened. Post Grace follows people who discover that moving on is far more dangerous than it sounds.
Madelyn's Nephew
by Ike Hamill
2016
After the sun cools and glaciers creep south, Madelyn abandons the rioting cities for her grandmother’s remote cabin. Surviving Roamers, wildlife, and bitter cold is hard enough, but the note her grandmother leaves suggests the dead may be harder to escape.
Madelyn's Mistake
by Ike Hamill
2016
Years later, Madelyn has tied her fate to the fragile settlement at Fairbanks. While the people argue over food and rules, their unstable leader runs secret projects that provoke the terrifying Hunters, and even a creepy mechanical doll may have its own agenda.
Madelyn's Last Dance
by Ike Hamill
2016
Fairbanks faces a threat it can barely comprehend, and the one woman who might save it has just been hanged. As factions inside the town scramble to cooperate, they learn how much of their survival has always rested on Madelyn’s cold, necessary choices.
Kill Cycle
by Ike Hamill
2016
Someone is closing a loop of violence, revisiting old scenes and leaving fresh bodies behind. As the body count rises, those caught in the middle realize they are part of a repeating pattern and that breaking the cycle may cost more than surviving it.
Island King
by Ike Hamill
2016
On an isolated island, one man’s control over supplies and stories makes him a kind of king. When newcomers arrive and old myths start to look real, loyalty fractures and the fragile social order is tested by something far older than any of them.
Fiero's Pizza
by Ike Hamill
2016
Brian and Samantha move into a rural Maine farmhouse just as their first child is born. The house comes with a demonic parasite that slips in through the smallest opening, turning their home into a battleground where calling Fiero’s Pizza might be the last resort.
Dug the Drummer
by Ike Hamill
2016
Dug just wants to play music and forget his past, but every new gig seems to bring darker coincidences. When his band’s tour hits a string of unlucky towns, he has to face the idea that something attached to his rhythm is driving people toward ruin.
Beneath the Cut
by Ike Hamill
2016
Something ugly is festering just out of sight—under a city, under a job site, under the surface of ordinary lives. When a gruesome discovery is made beneath the cut, the people involved must uncover what has been buried there before it rises to claim them.
Before We Die Alone
by Ike Hamill
2016
A handful of strangers are thrown together in a crisis that strips away their routines and excuses. Before We Die Alone watches them navigate shifting loyalties, buried secrets, and a threat that forces them to ask who they want beside them at the end.
After We Live Forever
by Ike Hamill
2016
In a world obsessed with outrunning death, the promise of endless life seems like a blessing. As the costs of cheating mortality pile up, a small group learns that living forever can be its own horror, and some endings are worth fighting for.
Wild Fyre
by Ike Hamill
2015
A hot new attraction called Wild Fyre promises a once-in-a-lifetime experience to thrill-seekers and fans. When the event goes off the rails, a small group realizes the spectacle was built on something monstrous, and the blaze they unleashed will be hard to contain.
The Claiming
by Ike Hamill
2015
A small community discovers that something unseen has started claiming people, one by one. As possessions, dreams, and bodies change, those left behind race to understand what the force wants before it finishes taking everyone they love.
Punch List
by Ike Hamill
2015
A renovation meant to turn a tired building into somebody’s dream home instead exposes old secrets in the walls. Each item on the contractor’s punch list seems to wake a new horror, until finishing the job might mean erasing the last of the living.
Inhabited
by Ike Hamill
2015
Miguel has a map, Kristin’s friends have gear, and an abandoned mine promises adventure and treasure. Underground, the caves are not empty. An ancient presence needs them for its own purposes, and by the time they realize it, there may be no way back out.
Camp Sacrifice
by Ike Hamill
2015
Welcome to Camp Sacrifice, where the packing list includes a scary story, a mirror, a knife, and a shovel. Counselors and campers quickly learn the legends are real as rituals go wrong, the undead stir, and the summer getaway turns into a nightmare.
Black Friday
by Ike Hamill
2015
Set between Extinct and Instinct, this novella shows how Robby survives alone after losing his family, tangles with a dangerous man named Lyle, and finally meets Judy. It fills in the harrowing hours that shaped their relationship and the plan to fight back.
Transcription
by Ike Hamill
2014
Reporter Thomas thinks he’s found the story of his career interviewing the state’s most notorious murderers in their old cell. Their madness seeps into him, and years later his son James is cursed to transcribe those tales nightly or risk doing something unspeakable.
Skillful Death
by Ike Hamill
2014
An unnamed village waits decades for the return of a boy who once challenged beasts and won. High in Tibet, a monk prepares for death, while in Seattle an old man discovers a lucrative new talent. The narrator’s job is to link these lives before death skillfully claims them all.
Instinct
by Ike Hamill
2014
The direct sequel to Extinct finds Robby, Brad, and their dwindling band on the move again, heading west in search of other survivors. The enemy is changing, memories hide key answers, and every choice tests whether they can trust their own instincts.
Migrators
by Ike Hamill
2013
Alan and Liz move their family to the Maine countryside to save her grandfather’s old home. The quiet property sits on the path of the Migrators, part of a dark ritual that no one talks about. To survive, they must learn the rules of creatures no one admits exist.
Extinct
by Ike Hamill
2013
Channel Two predicted a bit of snow over Thanksgiving for a Maine island. Instead, a blizzard and invisible forces erase almost everyone Robby Pierce knows. As he and fellow survivor Brad cross an emptied world, they search for answers and a way to live in it.
Blood Ghost
by Ike Hamill
2013
The awakening of the ancient killer tied to the Hunting Tree has left scars across New England. In this follow-up, families and investigators still dealing with the first wave of horror uncover deeper history, new hauntings, and a lingering threat that refuses to stay buried.
The Hunting Tree
by Ike Hamill
2012
An amateur ghost hunter wakes a supernatural killer that has slept for millennia in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Now the monster is moving east, leaving bodies and terror behind, and the people who disturbed it must decide whether to destroy it or rely on it to save them.
Lies of the Prophet
by Ike Hamill
2012
A self-proclaimed prophet builds a following in a troubled town, promising protection from a coming catastrophe. As his predictions start to come true in twisted ways, his followers and doubters alike must untangle which lies are human and which belong to something far darker.
The Vivisectionist
by Ike Hamill
2011
Jack, Ben, and Stephen plan one last backyard campout before high school, exploring the woods just beyond the safety of home. Their games lead them to a strange, trap-filled building and a serial killer who turns their summer adventure into a deadly puzzle.
Where should I start?
If you want a big apocalyptic saga: Extinct → Instinct → Black Friday → Distinct → Succinct
If you like supernatural creature hunts: The Hunting Tree → Blood Ghost
If you prefer character-driven post-apocalyptic drama: Madelyn's Nephew → Madelyn's Mistake → Madelyn's Last Dance
If you want a single-novel haunted-location story: Inhabited → Migrators
If you’re curious about his later work: Until the Sun Goes Down → Until Dawn → Until the End → The Rainman
Author bio
Ike Hamill was born in Washington, D.C., and eventually found his way to the rocky coasts and deep woods of Maine. There, he began turning the unsettling stories he loved as a reader into full-length horror and science fiction novels.
He first set out to write a screenplay and quickly discovered how demanding that form can be. Switching to prose gave him room to wander a bit, explore side paths, and live with his characters longer. Those early experiments turned into his debut novel, The Vivisectionist, in 2011, a story about three boys, a backyard camping trip, and a killer waiting just beyond the trees.
From there he moved into larger canvases. With The Hunting Tree and its follow-up, Hamill imagined a supernatural killer waking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and stalking its way east. The response to that series was strong enough that he was able to leave his day job and focus on writing full time, a shift that opened the door to dozens of new books.
Readers often discover him through Extinct, the first book in a post-apocalyptic sequence that begins with a blizzard over a small Maine island and a wave of impossible disappearances. The series follows survivors like Robby Pierce and Brad Jenkins as they cross an emptied world, fight back against an inhuman force, and wrestle with what it means to rebuild when the rules of reality keep changing.
Alongside those big, end-of-the-world stories, Hamill writes standalones that stay tight and intimate. In Migrators, a family’s move to rural Maine drops them into the path of an old ritual and the creatures it calls up from the woods. Inhabited sends a group of friends into an abandoned mine where something in the dark is waiting, and Transcription ties a journalist’s prison interviews to a curse that traps his son years later.
He also returns to recurring worlds when a story needs more room. The Madelyn books follow a pragmatic young woman navigating a glacial, dying Earth, a fragile settlement at Fairbanks, and threats that are as much spiritual as physical. The Extinct sequels (Instinct, Black Friday, Distinct, and Succinct) push further into strange physics, ghostlike memories of other lives, and the long fallout of one terrible snowstorm.
Across all of these, certain patterns show up. Hamill likes ordinary people, often families or small bands of friends, dropped into situations that feel just a step removed from real life: a haunted farmhouse, a snowbound town, a camp in the Maine woods. He shifts between interwoven storylines and multiple points of view, letting the reader piece together the bigger picture while characters make hard, very human choices.
His influences include writers like Stephen King and Dean Koontz, but his voice stays grounded and conversational. The horror in his books usually grows from the tension between loyalty and survival, from the moment when a character has to decide who they can save and what they are willing to give up.
Today Hamill has written more than forty novels and continues to publish new work regularly. Between releases he shares "Notes from Maine," personal essays about family, lakes, dogs, and the daily grind of writing. The result is a body of work that feels both expansive and personal, built for readers who like their scares anchored in recognizable lives.
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