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J.K. Franks Books in Order

Find J.K. Franks 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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American Exodus

by J.K. Franks

2017

Stranded far from home after civilization collapses, Steven Porter joins crowds fleeing ruined cities. His journey toward his family becomes a struggle against hunger, violent strangers, and government measures whose brutality raises disturbing questions about the disaster.

Kingdoms of Sorrow

by J.K. Franks

2017

Scott Montgomery and his friends struggle to preserve their Mississippi Gulf Coast community after a global catastrophe. A hurricane, plague, and advancing murderous army force uncertain alliances, while a new discovery reveals that their dangers extend beyond the obvious threats.

Ghost Country

by J.K. Franks

2018

Two years after a solar disaster destroys the power grid, Harris Springs faces a spreading pandemic and an authoritarian president. As military leaders confront national collapse, the survivors must weigh desperate choices to protect the people they love.

State of Chaos

by J.K. Franks

2019

A supposedly abandoned radio telescope receives an alien transmission, drawing former Special Forces captain Cade Rearden into a national emergency. He must confront personal trauma and a rogue artificial intelligence while protecting a message that could transform humanity's future.

Midnight Zone

by J.K. Franks

2020

Cade Rearden searches for colleagues who vanish beneath the Caribbean while protecting a secret research organization. With the country recovering from an AI catastrophe, he uncovers a government cover-up, ancient mysteries, and dangerous creatures deep below the sea.

The Night Gate

by J.K. Franks

2021

Grieving scientist Pike Shepard encounters a device that opens alternate realities, including one where his lost future survives. Hunted by powerful organizations and confronted by another version of himself, he must decide how far to pursue that possibility.

Nightmare Factory

by J.K. Franks

2022

Engineered creatures have overrun Earth, leaving enhanced survivor Joe Kovach determined to find those responsible. With his dog and a reunited strike team, he hunts a secret laboratory while battling evolving monsters and the instability of his own alterations.

Eradication

by J.K. Franks

2023

With engineered monsters overwhelming Earth, Banshee Team takes refuge aboard the last surviving spacecraft. From orbit, the group searches for the truth behind the attacks and a way to turn humanity's desperate resistance against its increasingly deadly enemy.

San Antonio

by J.K. Franks

2023

After devastating attacks destroy normal life in San Antonio, Carla Garcia tries to keep her family together amid scarcity and collapse. Her grandmother's failing memory and her sister's warnings of approaching monsters complicate an already precarious struggle.

Emergence

by J.K. Franks

2025

Astrophysicist Kaden Trembley connects disappearances, failed infrastructure, and unexplained discoveries into a pattern suggesting an alien presence. With governments concealing evidence and public trust collapsing, he races to uncover a conspiracy reaching from Earth into deep space.

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Storm Warning

by J.K. Franks

2026

Six years after the blackout, an engineered plague produces increasingly organized infected. Survivors aboard a damaged cruise ship confront disturbing warnings, while an altered Scott Montgomery may hold a dangerous advantage in humanity's struggle against the evolving threat.

Cade Rearden books in order

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  1. Book cover for "State of Chaos"

    State of Chaos

    by J.K. Franks

    2019
  2. Book cover for "Midnight Zone"

    Midnight Zone

    by J.K. Franks

    2020

Catalyst books in order

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  1. Book cover for "American Exodus"

    American Exodus

    by J.K. Franks

    2017
  2. Book cover for "Kingdoms of Sorrow"

    Kingdoms of Sorrow

    by J.K. Franks

    2017
  3. Book cover for "Ghost Country"

    Ghost Country

    by J.K. Franks

    2018
  4. Book cover for "Storm Warning"

    Storm Warning

    by J.K. Franks

    2026

Savage Earth books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Nightmare Factory"

    Nightmare Factory

    by J.K. Franks

    2022
  2. Book cover for "Eradication"

    Eradication

    by J.K. Franks

    2023
  3. Book cover for "San Antonio"

    San Antonio

    by J.K. Franks

    2023

Standalone J.K. Franks books

  1. Book cover for "The Night Gate"

    The Night Gate

    by J.K. Franks

    2021
  2. Book cover for "Emergence"

    Emergence

    by J.K. Franks

    2025

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