Joe Nobody Books in Order
Explore Joe Nobody's books in reading order, with summaries to help you follow his survival fiction, compare standalone stories and practical guides, and start.
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Joe Nobody books in publication order
46 books
Holding Their Own
by Joe Nobody
2011
Economic crisis and coordinated terrorist attacks bring down American infrastructure and government. A middle-class couple must rely on their preparedness and adaptability as they travel through a society sliding into anarchy, where familiar assumptions about safety no longer apply.
Holding Your Ground
by Joe Nobody
2011
This nonfiction preparedness guide examines protecting a home, farm, or other property during a breakdown of public security. It discusses planning, household organization, equipment, and supplies, using historical examples to frame decisions about defending a location.
The Teotwawki Tuxedo
by Joe Nobody
2011
This preparedness guide focuses on clothing and personal equipment for a defensive role after societal collapse. It introduces modular carrying systems and equipment selection, helping readers consider how individual gear choices fit the demands of an emergency environment.
Pedestals of Ash
by Joe Nobody
2012
Bishop and Terri are pulled away from their West Texas retreat as rival groups compete to direct America's recovery. With federal authority weakened and military loyalties divided, the couple must navigate a dangerous struggle over who will rebuild the country.
The Home Schooled Shootist
by Joe Nobody
2012
Written for experienced shooters, this training guide presents a framework for independent practice with shoulder-fired firearms. It addresses designing exercises, evaluating results, and developing capabilities, assuming readers already understand fundamental handling techniques and firearm safety.
The Independents
by Joe Nobody
2012
As the federal government struggles to maintain order after society's collapse, an opposition movement creates the possibility of civil war. Bishop and Terri become entangled in the conflict while trying to rescue an old friend and protect their country's future.
Without Rule of Law
by Joe Nobody
2012
This nonfiction survival guide considers advanced preparedness for extreme situations in which conventional protections have failed. Aimed at civilian readers, it discusses equipment, concealment, evasion, and emergency resource gathering within hypothetical scenarios involving a hostile environment and absent public order.
Apocalypse Drift
by Joe Nobody
2013
A devastating cyberattack collapses American society just as Wyatt's family is already struggling financially. Seeking refuge on a deserted island, they must cross a landscape of riots and looting, then face pirates while trying to reach safety.
Bishop's Song
by Joe Nobody
2013
The Alliance's communities are rebuilding, but approaching war and internal treachery threaten their progress. Bishop undertakes an especially difficult mission through the dangerous post-collapse landscape, while he and Terri confront obstacles to creating a more secure life.
The Alpha Chronicles
by Joe Nobody
2013
The recovery of the Texas town of Alpha attracts both support and hostile ambition. Competition over electricity becomes a flashpoint as Bishop, Terri, and their neighbors struggle to rebuild amid political rivalries that threaten to revive the violence of old range wars.
The Ascent
by Joe Nobody
2013
With the president dead and competing military forces threatening civil war, Bishop and Terri hope to retreat to West Texas and prepare for their growing family. Instead, a struggle to control the country's remains draws them back into danger.
The Olympus Device: Book One
by Joe Nobody
2013
West Texas gunsmith Dusty builds a small experimental rail gun and accidentally discovers technology capable of producing extraordinary energy. Its potential for either clean power or catastrophic destruction attracts governments and ambitious men, leaving him responsible for protecting his invention.
Phoenix Star
by Joe Nobody
2014
Treachery turns Bishop into an outlaw, forcing him and his family into exile while friends attempt to clear his name. Crossing a fractured landscape of struggling communities, they seek shelter as the Alliance faces threats to its unity.
The Directives
by Joe Nobody
2014
As the federal government withdraws from Texas, the Alliance establishes priorities for rebuilding energy, agriculture, transport, communications, and security. Three linked novelettes follow Bishop, Terri, and their companions as they attempt to prevent famine and anarchy among millions of survivors.
The Little River Otter
by Joe Nobody
2014
This illustrated children's book follows Pancake the little river otter and his friends through bedtime stories passed down within a family. Their adventures gently introduce ideas about helping others, planning ahead, and finding joy in caring for a community.
The Olympus Device: Book Two
by Joe Nobody
2014
Dusty tries to keep his powerful invention from dangerous hands while escaping a federal manhunt. Attempts to hide near the border are disrupted by people seeking the Olympus Device, whose promise of global influence makes peaceful withdrawal increasingly impossible.
The Salt War
by Joe Nobody
2014
Bishop's effort to give Terri a break from Alliance leadership leaves them caught in a modern range war. Meanwhile, Nick's mission to integrate another community exposes dictatorship and sparks a manhunt, threatening the recovery they have worked to sustain.
The Storm
by Joe Nobody
2014
Texas Ranger Zachariah Bass investigates violent crimes in the state's remote western region and uncovers a conspiracy with national consequences. Against deepening political division, his inquiry becomes entangled with the prospect of Texas separating from the United States.
Hearts and Minds
by Joe Nobody
2015
Pressure on the Alliance's leadership creates opportunities for revenge as its rebuilding efforts demand difficult decisions. Bishop and Terri become caught in a conspiracy threatening their relationship and the republic, where mistrust within their own circle may prove especially destructive.
The Archangel Drones
by Joe Nobody
2015
Teenager Jacob's promising future is derailed by an encounter with police and a corrupt criminal justice system. As his parents struggle against powerful institutions, the Archangel Drones enter their fight in a thriller involving surveillance and police abuse.
The Flood
by Joe Nobody
2015
The newly independent Republic of Texas becomes the target of an international terrorist conspiracy. Rangers Zach and Sam must uncover the scheme before it draws the vulnerable country into multiple conflicts, testing the young democracy's ability to survive global political pressure.
The Olympus Device: Book Three
by Joe Nobody
2015
A heroic act exposes Dusty's hiding place and renews the hunt for him and his transformative invention. As public demands for justice push the government toward negotiation, competing conspiracies threaten to seize the Olympus Device and its immense power.
The Prepper's Guide to Caches
by Joe Nobody
2015
This nonfiction guide examines storing emergency supplies in hidden caches and protecting them from environmental damage or discovery. Drawing on military experience, the authors discuss preparation, concealment, and storage choices for readers concerned about preserving resources through disasters.
The Toymaker
by Joe Nobody
2015
Bishop and Terri hope for a quiet ranch life as Texas rebuilds after government collapse. New dangers threaten the Alliance's stability, placing leadership responsibilities back on the couple as they balance their family's needs with the survival of their wider community.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 1
by Joe Nobody
2016
Commander Jack Cisco returns from a months-long submarine surveillance mission to find America's West Coast devastated or abandoned. With supplies running low, his crew must enter port and discover what happened to the world they left behind.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 2
by Joe Nobody
2016
Commander Jack Cisco leaves the relative safety of his naval base to search for his family in Texas. Traveling through a country smothered by volcanic ash, he encounters survivors whose generosity and desperation reveal the human consequences of catastrophe.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 3
by Joe Nobody
2016
An avalanche of volcanic sludge leaves Jack Cisco injured and without his transportation or equipment. Stranded in a divided community, he must gamble on reaching a remote military base through hostile territory to find resources that could sustain the survivors.
Copperheads
by Joe Nobody
2016
A massacre near the Rio Grande sends Bishop's team into a politically fraught investigation. When Butter becomes entangled with a woman needing help and faces a death sentence, Bishop and Terri must rescue him without provoking a disastrous conflict.
The Surge
by Joe Nobody
2016
After Texas secedes, struggling Mexican cartels turn on one another and a new criminal leader plots to overthrow Mexico's government. Rangers Zach and Sam must counter a scheme designed to blame Texas and endanger the republic's survival.
Vaping with the Zombies
by Joe Nobody
2016
This nonfiction guide presents vaping as part of a long-term emergency nicotine plan. It discusses equipment, storage, alternative charging, and repairs, framing those topics around sustaining access during disruptions rather than telling a fictional story about zombies.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 4
by Joe Nobody
2017
Short of food and water in rural Arizona, Jack Cisco encounters violent predators and then helps a starving mother and child. Their search leads to a hidden settlement whose survival rule threatens his journey: no resident may leave.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 5
by Joe Nobody
2017
Badly dehydrated in New Mexico, Jack Cisco seeks water near Carlsbad Caverns. A dispute between people occupying the underground refuge and families seeking admission draws him into a confrontation shaped by scarcity, hopelessness, and the darker impulses of desperate survivors.
Apocalypse Trails: Episode 6
by Joe Nobody
2017
Jack Cisco finally reaches Texas but must seek supplies in a small town where water and romance have become sources of conflict. His encounters challenge the determination driving his journey, forcing him to reassess whether he can keep going.
Renegade
by Joe Nobody
2017
Diana's reelection campaign becomes a bitter struggle as a ruthless challenger exploits divisions within the Alliance. At the same time, Bishop investigates a spreading crime wave and discovers treachery capable of pushing the recovering nation toward civil war.
Bloodlust
by Joe Nobody
2018
Terri remains deeply affected by events in Forest Mist, and Bishop struggles to help her recover. Evidence that Blackjack Jones survives sends him and old friends on a dangerous mission against a criminal leader protected by an empire of violence.
Flood Survival Guide
by Joe Nobody
2018
Drawing on the author's experiences of household flooding, this nonfiction guide considers preparation, response, and recovery after rising-water disasters. Topics include planning, storage, property improvements, remediation, contractors, and navigating insurance or assistance while working toward restoring a damaged home.
Forest Mist
by Joe Nobody
2018
Bishop and Terri combine an anniversary journey with a search for building materials in the lumber town of Forest Mist. Instead of a peaceful trip, they encounter a local struggle that challenges their values and threatens the Alliance's cohesion.
Tainted Robes
by Joe Nobody
2018
An artificial intelligence predicts civilization's collapse and decides that overthrowing the American government is the remedy. Its attack on the justice system draws US Marshal Griffin Storm and prosecutor Kit Carson into a struggle against an enemy with pervasive informational power.
Before
by Joe Nobody
2019
Before society's collapse, Bishop's assignment protecting company assets in Ukraine draws him into a plot against the government in Kyiv. Fleeing across Europe with an injured woman central to the conspiracy tests skills he and Terri will later need to survive.
Homecoming
by Joe Nobody
2019
Commander Jack Cisco reaches the Texas Hill Country after crossing a nation devastated by Yellowstone's eruption. Desperate to learn whether his family survived, he becomes caught in another dangerous conflict among scarce resources and unpredictable survivors, testing his will to continue.
Pirates
by Joe Nobody
2019
After Yellowstone's eruption, Jack follows information that his wife and daughters reached the Texas coast. Traveling with Hannah to Galveston, he must bargain with a ruthless survivor leader and undertake a dangerous mission to continue searching for his family.
The Warrior Gene
by Joe Nobody
2019
A genetic disturbance turns much of the population violently aggressive, bringing government and society down within days. Residents of the quiet Midwestern town of Greenridge must organize their own defense, relying on community bonds and practical skills to survive.
COVID-21
by Joe Nobody
2020
Teenager Clay Mantis struggles to keep his family alive after a fictional coronavirus mutation and economic collapse destroy normal life. Surviving company towns impose harsh rules, and a new threat forces him toward a dangerous course of action.
The Black Rifle War
by Joe Nobody
2020
A newly elected president's weapons restrictions and escalating confiscations divide the United States, provoking resistance and violence. In central Texas, the Floyd family is drawn into a conflict that threatens their livelihood and moves the country toward civil war.
Vendetta
by Joe Nobody
2020
An attack on Pete's Meraton bar draws Bishop into a struggle against an organized criminal force threatening post-apocalyptic Texas. Terri joins him as intimidation and corruption spread, placing their friend's livelihood and the Alliance's recovery at risk.
Honor's Edge
by Joe Nobody
2021
A range war reaches Texas and pulls Bishop between a ruthless gang and determined adversaries willing to stop it at any cost. Arrested and outmaneuvered, he calls on former comrades as the conflict threatens the town of Meraton.
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