Mac Travis Adventures Books in Order
Part ofSteven Becker Books in OrderSee the Mac Travis Adventures by Steven Becker in order, with quick summaries, series background, and a clear guide to the best place to start.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Publication Order
21 books
Wood's Ledge
by Steven Becker
2013
While tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys, Mac Travis uncovers a plan to drill for oil in protected waters. A threat to his life pushes him and Wood into a fast, dangerous fight against powerful people.
Wood's Reef
by Steven Becker
2013
Trying to stay invisible in the Keys, Mac makes a discovery while diving that could change everything. Soon he is caught between a corrupt candidate, an exiled terrorist, and locals who want the secret buried.
Wood's Wall
by Steven Becker
2014
A square grouper stuffed with cocaine looks like a lucky break until Mac learns it holds a far darker secret. The chase pulls him toward a plot that could devastate Key West.
Wood's Wreck
by Steven Becker
2014
After his boat is used in a lobster-poaching scheme, Mac loses nearly everything. Digging out means tangling with money laundering, Cuban smuggling, and people happy to let him take the fall.
Wood's Harbor
by Steven Becker
2015
Mac wakes up battered on a remote beach with his life in ruins. To save Mel and make things right, he has to stop a plot aimed at the fragile U.S.-Cuba thaw.
Wood's Reach
by Steven Becker
2016
Short on money and desperate to save Alicia, Mac agrees to enter the black market antiquities trade. The prize is tied to an old relic and a trail of people ready to kill for it.
Wood's Betrayal
by Steven Becker
2017
A routine fishing trip to the Marquesas drops Mac into a deadly fight tied to Cuba and a ruthless shipping magnate. Staying hidden is no longer an option when the people he loves are at risk.
Wood's Revenge
by Steven Becker
2017
A storm leaves dead fish at Mac's doorstep and points him toward a wreck and a murder in Florida Bay. The deeper he digs, the closer he gets to a scheme that could wreck the Everglades.
Wood's Tempest
by Steven Becker
2018
When a famous treasure hunter is murdered, Mac inherits research on a hundred lost wrecks. To save a friend's family, he has to find the right ship before a dangerous rival does.
Wood's Fury
by Steven Becker
2019
Rescuing a turtle tangled up with cocaine should have been enough trouble for one day. Instead, Mac is pulled into lies, old treasure, and a chase from Marathon to the Dry Tortugas.
Wood's Destiny
by Steven Becker
2020
With a hurricane bearing down on the Bahamas, Mac tries to help friends and deliver supplies after the storm. Instead, he stumbles into a dangerous discovery that turns relief work into a fight for survival.
Wood's Hope
by Steven Becker
2020
While salvaging his wrecked boat in the Bahamas, Mac finds a missing Cuban treasury bomber encrusted in coral. The rumor of billions in gold brings the CIA, the Mob, and fresh trouble to his door.
Wood's Dilemma
by Steven Becker
2021
An explosion in the backcountry threatens the ecosystem and Mac's island refuge. To protect the place that remade his life, he has to work outside the people who claim to be in charge.
Wood's Honor
by Steven Becker
2021
A salvage job near abandoned Boot Key leads Mac to the body of an old friend. His search for answers pulls him into murder, deceit, and the half-forgotten corners of the Florida Keys.
Wood's Chase
by Steven Becker
2022
When a small plane crashes in the backcountry, Mac rushes to help and gets swept into something much bigger. His instincts lead him straight toward a deadly smuggling ring.
Wood's Bones
by Steven Becker
2023
Mac spots a poacher working lobster traps near his island home and decides to push back. The search for the thieves leads to a discovery that could change everything.
Wood's Gamble
by Steven Becker
2023
Lost shipping containers after a tropical storm set off a dangerous chain of events. When Mac learns what one Russian oligarch wants to trade for immunity, he knows he has to stop the deal.
Wood's Justice
by Steven Becker
2023
When a close friend is kidnapped for ransom, Mac is forced into a race across wrecks, secrets, and island waters. The captors want his help finding a long-lost treasure, and they will not wait politely.
Wood's Deception
by Steven Becker
2025
What starts as a ghost trap cleanup becomes Mac's most dangerous fight for the Keys yet. A trap loaded with engineered chemicals points to a plan that could devastate the reef.
Wood's Trial
by Steven Becker
2025
A jury summons drags Mac back into the Florida Keys' darker corners. Protecting a confidential informant and doing the right thing may force him to break the rules himself.
Wood's Trigger
by Steven Becker
2026
A crate hauled from a wreck should have held ordinary contraband. Instead, Mac finds military drones tied to a targeting system aimed at the Keys, and a plot meant to point blame at Cuba.
Series background & context
The Mac Travis books start with a simple wish: disappear, keep your head down, and make a living on the water. Mac heads to the Florida Keys hoping for exactly that kind of life. He dives, fishes, takes salvage jobs, and tries not to draw attention. Naturally, that plan lasts about five minutes.
What makes the series work is that Mac is not a superhero. He is useful, stubborn, and hard to scare, but he is still just one guy trying to get by in a place where smugglers, schemers, treasure hunters, developers, and politicians all seem to share the same water. A lot of the trouble begins with ordinary work, a bridge job, a fishing trip, a salvage run, a wreck, a rumor, a strange find. Then the stakes climb.
The Keys matter here. A lot.
These books use the Florida Keys as more than a backdrop. The bridges, mangroves, channels, backcountry flats, reefs, sandbars, and little half-forgotten islands all shape the action. If Mac is chasing an answer, the geography usually has something to say about how hard that chase will be. Becker also leans into the working side of the place. Boats break. Weather turns. People make money however they can. Paradise, in these books, is a real place with fuel bills and danger.
Mac's world also grows around him. Bill Woodson, usually just called Wood, is a huge part of the series and one of its anchors, a mentor, partner, and frequent source of trouble in his own right. Other recurring characters give the books their lived-in feel, especially Mel and the wonderfully unpredictable Trufante. Over time, Mac builds a life, a home base, and a network of loyalties that matter, which is why the risks hit harder as the series moves on.
That push and pull is the engine of the whole thing.
Mac wants quiet. His conscience will not allow it. If he sees a scam, a wreck, a murder, an environmental threat, or somebody using the islands as cover for something ugly, he usually steps in. That is how a low-key life turns into stories about hidden treasure, drug routes, political corruption, lost planes, damaged reefs, and very bad people making very bad plans.
If you like sea adventures that feel practical instead of glossy, this is a strong place to start. The tone is fast, coastal, and grounded in hands-on work. Read them in order if you can. The plots often stand alone, but the friendships, grudges, and sense of home build nicely from book to book.
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