Mark Tufo Books in Order
Browse all Mark Tufo books in order, with series reading guides, short summaries, background on his zombie and sci‑fi worlds, plus suggestions on the best places to start.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
78 books
Encounters
by Mark Tufo
2009
College kid Michael Talbot is abducted with thousands of others from a concert and thrown into a gladiator arena aboard an alien ship. As he fights for his life, his best friend Paul prepares Earth for an impending invasion.
The Ravin
by Mark Tufo
2009
A young adult retelling of Michael Talbot’s first alien abduction, The Ravin follows his move from Boston to a Colorado college, a disastrous first date, and his brutal introduction to the Progerians’ deadly arena games.
A Plague Upon Your Family
by Mark Tufo
2010
Picking up right after the first book, Mike evacuates his family as the undead overrun their town. On the road they battle evolving zombies, human predators, and impossible choices about who can be saved and who they must leave behind.
Zombie Fallout
by Mark Tufo
2010
When a rushed H1N1 vaccine turns ordinary citizens into ravenous zombies, ex‑Marine and prepper Michael Talbot scrambles to protect his family. His sarcastic journal entries chronicle their flight from suburbia into a collapsing world.
Zombie Fallout: Zero
by Mark Tufo
2010
Set before the main series, this prequel tracks CDC scientist Harry and a squad of Marines as they race to understand a new virus. When their experiment spirals out of control, they face the very first wave of the undead.
Dr. Hugh Mann
by Mark Tufo
2011
This prequel jumps back through history to follow Dr. Hugh Mann and the secret experiments that will one day birth the zombie plague. Ancient discoveries, buried labs, and moral compromises lay the groundwork for humanity’s downfall.
The End Has Come and Gone
by Mark Tufo
2011
As the initial chaos of the outbreak gives way to grim routine, Mike and his crew navigate new power structures, fortified enclaves, and a deadlier undead. Survival means deciding when to fight, when to run, and who they can truly trust.
The End..
by Mark Tufo
2011
The Talbots seek shelter but quickly learn that even fortified havens rot from the inside. As alliances fray and the undead press in, Mike’s determination to shield his family clashes with the harsh realities of a world without rules.
'Till Death Do Us Part
by Mark Tufo
2012
Mike and Tracy’s marriage vows are stress‑tested in the harshest way imaginable as they face sieges, betrayals, and an enemy with a personal vendetta. Love, loyalty, and sanity are all on the line in this brutal chapter of their journey.
Alive In A Dead World
by Mark Tufo
2012
With society reduced to scattered pockets, the Talbots push into increasingly hostile territory. Starving survivors, cunning zombies, and an enemy who may be orchestrating events force Mike to question whether simple survival is still enough.
Conquest
by Mark Tufo
2012
The Progerians bring open war to Earth, and Michael Talbot is thrust into humanity’s front line. As battles rage on the ground and in orbit, Mike and Paul fight to turn scattered militias and alien allies into a force that might win.
Reckoning
by Mark Tufo
2012
After the horrors of the alien arena, Michael returns to an Earth on the brink of invasion. He must choose between hiding with his family or leading a resistance that may be hopeless against Progerian power and human treachery alike.
The Book of Riley
by Mark Tufo
2012
When the zombie apocalypse strikes, American bulldog Riley decides it’s her job to keep her pack alive. With yappy Ben‑Ben, prickly cat Patches, and kids Jessie and Zach, she claws through chaos using teeth, instinct, and sheer stubbornness.
The Book of Riley 2
by Mark Tufo
2012
Riley’s pack reaches Las Vegas, only to find it ruled by brutal thugs who stage dog fights for sport. Separated from her humans and forced into the ring, Riley must fight back, outwit her captors, and somehow reunite her scattered family.
The Spirit Clearing
by Mark Tufo
2012
After a terrible accident leaves him blind in one eye and haunted by visions, Mike Talbot meets Jandilyn Hollow, the first person to believe him. Together they face a haunting that blurs grief, guilt, and the possibility of love after death.
Timothy
by Mark Tufo
2012
Timothy was awful in life, and death barely slows him down. Bitten on day one of the outbreak, he wakes trapped inside his own rotting body, sharing control with a self‑aware virus. Together they become a calculating, darkly comic predator.
Callis Rose
by Mark Tufo
2013
Teenager Callis Rose has a dangerous gift she barely understands. Shuffled through an uncaring foster system and into the Lowrie household, she finds both kindness and cruel torment, especially from Mindy, who is determined to destroy her.
For the Fallen
by Mark Tufo
2013
As the war against the undead grinds on, Mike and BT are pushed into one mission too many. Friends have died, enemies multiply, and every choice costs blood. This volume honors the losses they’ve suffered and the debts that can’t be repaid.
Rise of the Werewolf
by Mark Tufo
2013
A century and a half after the zombie apocalypse, humanity has clawed back a fragile civilization. When deadly, intelligent lycans emerge, battle‑scarred Michael Talbot is dragged into a new war that may finish what the dead started.
The Book of Riley 3
by Mark Tufo
2013
On the run across Colorado, Riley, Ben‑Ben, Patches, and Jessie are hunted by sadistic human Icely and his gang. Between zombies, armed thugs, and Riley’s overconfident heroics, the pack must improvise every step just to stay one bite ahead.
The Book of Riley 4
by Mark Tufo
2013
Riley’s journey brings her pack into new territory where alliances are thin and dangers stack high. With Jessie in constant peril and tensions inside the group rising, the bulldog guardian has to decide how far she’ll go to keep everyone safe.
Tim2
by Mark Tufo
2013
Surviving his apparent death, Tim reunites with the sentient virus he calls Hugh and sets his sights higher. No longer content just to feed, he schemes to live, eat, and rule in a shattered world that doesn’t yet realize what hunts it.
An Old Beginning
by Mark Tufo
2014
Imprisoned by a shadowy group bent on global control, the Talbots pin their hopes on an unlikely savior: Tommy, a centuries‑old, Pop‑Tart‑loving vampire. Old enemies and new conspiracies collide as Mike realizes an ancient threat is targeting him.
From The Ashes
by Mark Tufo
2014
Three years after a devastating alien assault, humanity races to reverse‑engineer captured technology before the Progerians return. Michael Talbot once again finds himself leading the charge as Earth prepares for a revenge invasion it may not survive.
Whistlers
by Mark Tufo
2014
In this first Shrouded World novel, Michael Talbot and Jack Walker are ripped from their own apocalypses into a third, twisted reality. Hunted by zombies, Night Runners, and eerie beings called Whistlers, they fight just to understand where they are.
Winter's Rising
by Mark Tufo
2014
All Winter has ever known is The War and the walls of Dystance. When she uncovers relics of the old world, she begins to dream of life beyond the Pickets, dragging best friend Cedar and forbidden love Tallow into dangerous rebellion.
Atlantis
by Mark Tufo
2015
Continuing the Shrouded World saga, Mike, Jack, and Trip are driven toward the ruined city of Atlantis. Pursued by Night Runners, zombies, and the terrifying Whistlers, they hope the city holds answers—if it doesn’t kill them first.
Fall of Man
by Mark Tufo
2015
Humanity’s fragile recovery is threatened as the lycan scourge spreads and old enemies resurface. Michael Talbot is forced to confront betrayals, terrifying new shapeshifters, and the possibility that mankind’s second fall may be permanent.
Into the Fire
by Mark Tufo
2015
Reunited with his wife and friend Paul aboard the ship Guardian, Mike faces an Earth besieged by Genogerians and vengeful Progerians. As an uneasy "ally" joins the fray, humanity’s last defenses strain under relentless alien assault.
Tattered Remnants
by Mark Tufo
2015
The zombie war has shredded what’s left of civilization, leaving scattered groups hanging on by a thread. Mike and his crew push into new territory where old plans fall apart, new threats emerge, and every victory leaves them more worn down.
A Shrouded World
by Mark Tufo
2016
This graphic‑style retelling of the Shrouded World story brings Mike Talbot and Jack Walker’s collision of realities to the page with bold art. Fans see key moments from their cross‑world journey distilled into a fast, visual survival tale.
End of an Age
by Mark Tufo
2016
War with the lycans reaches a breaking point. As magic, ancient grudges, and human desperation collide, Michael Talbot and his allies fight a campaign that will decide not just who rules the ruins, but whether there’s a future for anyone at all.
Immortality's Touchstone
by Mark Tufo
2016
The hunt for a legendary artifact that could alter life and death pulls Talbot deep into the supernatural war. Allies doubt his sanity, enemies circle, and the cost of chasing immortality may be higher than the ravaged world can afford.
Mark's Merry Mayhem
by Mark Tufo
2016
This collection of short stories offers quick, twisted trips through the Tufoverse. From alternate viewpoints to standalone nightmares, it’s a grab bag of dark humor and horror that shows what keeps the author awake at night.
The Book of Riley 5
by Mark Tufo
2016
In this final Riley adventure, the bulldog and her ragtag pack face their hardest choices yet. With old foes closing in and safe havens dwindling, Riley must decide what home really means in a world that won’t stop falling apart.
Tim Sliced, Diced and Cubed
by Mark Tufo
2016
Told in chopped‑up episodes, this third Timothy novel explores side missions, near‑misses, and deranged schemes as Tim and his pet virus Hugh refine what it means to be a thinking zombie. The result is gleefully vicious and unexpectedly revealing.
United States of Apocalypse
by Mark Tufo
2016
World War III erupts on American soil, shattering cities and governments. Darlene Bobich on the west coast and Michael Talbot on the east fight parallel battles against invading forces, terrorists, and looters as the country spirals toward collapse.
Z-Hunt
by Mark Tufo
2016
The struggling owners of the Z‑Hunt paintball range agree to let a scientist turn their course into a "real" zombie safari using engineered undead. When the experiment breaks loose, their dream attraction becomes a frantic, bloody fight to stay alive.
Convergence
by Mark Tufo
2017
The Shrouded World grows even more dangerous as multiple realities and timelines begin to collide. Mike and Jack must navigate shifting alliances, strange technologies, and enemies that seem to know them better than they know themselves.
Demon Fallout
by Mark Tufo
2017
Demons step out from the edges of the Tufoverse to wage open war. Michael Talbot, already scarred by zombies and werewolves, is dragged into a conflict where ancient bargains, cursed bloodlines, and infernal forces reshape everything he thought he knew.
The Return
by Mark Tufo
2017
Old threats refuse to stay buried as Michael Talbot is called back into the lycan conflict. Past choices, broken promises, and enemies thought dead resurface, forcing him into another brutal campaign he never wanted to fight.
Those Left Behind
by Mark Tufo
2017
A single bad decision threatens everything the Talbot clan has built. As they trek toward the promise of Etna Station, evolving zombies, old enemies, and disastrous losses turn their journey into a harsh memorial for those who don’t make it.
Victory's Defeat
by Mark Tufo
2017
Beth’s manipulations drive the Stryvers, Progerians, and humanity toward mutual annihilation. Aboard the crippled USS Guardian and on embattled worlds below, Mike, BT, Drababan, and General Ginson fight to prevent a final extinction event.
Cedar's Conflict
by Mark Tufo
2018
Seen more closely through Cedar’s eyes, the Dystance rebellion turns deadly. Torn between loyalty to Winter and fear for their people, Cedar must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice as the war machine tightens its grip on their world.
Defeat's Victory
by Mark Tufo
2018
In the explosive conclusion to the Indian Hill series, Mike, Tracy, BT, Drababan, and the shattered crew of the destroyed USS Guardian hurtle toward a final confrontation. Their choices will determine whether any version of humanity survives.
Etna Station
by Mark Tufo
2018
With the world collapsing behind them, Mike and his people race toward Etna Station, a rumored safe haven. Hounded by Knox’s army, a vengeful vampire named Payne, and relentless undead, they gamble everything on a sanctuary that might be a trap.
Valhalla
by Mark Tufo
2018
As the Shrouded World saga continues, Mike, Jack, and their companions push toward a stronghold known as Valhalla. New alliances form, old nightmares return, and the cost of getting home grows with every brutal step they take.
Asabron
by Mark Tufo
2019
The war for the Shrouded World’s future surges toward Asabron, a place where gods, monsters, and broken realities intersect. Mike, Jack, and their allies must face the architects of their ordeal or watch every connected universe bleed out.
Demon Wars
by Mark Tufo
2019
The battle against lycans spills fully into a clash with demonic forces. Michael Talbot and his companions confront enemies that thrive on fear and corruption, fighting across ruined lands and haunted halls to keep hell from claiming what’s left.
Dog Dayz
by Mark Tufo
2019
Now stationed at Etna, Mike’s brief rest ends when he’s sent on a covert mission into a ruined New York City. Cut off from support and facing a terrifying new super‑predator, his squad must choose between personal safety and humanity’s future.
The Edge of Deceit
by Mark Tufo
2019
As Winter’s uprising gathers momentum, buried truths about Dystance’s endless war come to light. Deception runs on all sides, and Winter, Cedar, and Tallow must decide who to trust as they push toward a freedom that may not exist.
The Perfect Betrayal
by Mark Tufo
2019
Ordered to rescue Trip from a deadly situation, Mike’s team charges into a mission riddled with secrets. As Etna Station teeters on collapse and an old foe tightens the screws, one shocking betrayal threatens to doom everything they’ve fought for.
Asgard
by Mark Tufo
2020
In the Shrouded World finale, the road leads to Asgard itself. With multiple universes on the brink, Michael Talbot, Jack Walker, and their surviving allies must make a last stand that will either send them home or end everything.
Bitfrost
by Mark Tufo
2020
The Shrouded World survivors reach the threshold between realms, traveling the metaphorical Bitfrost toward confrontations they can’t avoid. Strange landscapes, warped physics, and relentless foes test whether their fragile alliance can hold together.
Hvergelmir
by Mark Tufo
2020
Deeper into the heart of the Shrouded World, Mike and Jack descend toward Hvergelmir, a nexus where realities and rivers of power converge. Old debts come due as they face beings who have been pulling strings since the very beginning.
Rupture
by Mark Tufo
2020
The first Bleed novel launches three intertwined apocalypses: a near‑future London under supernatural assault, a fragile lunar colony plagued by mysterious failures, and a distant world where gods once fought the Bleed at the horizon—and lost.
Sifting Through The Ashes
by Mark Tufo
2020
Etna Station is ripe for disaster, assaulted from outside by zombies and from within by simmering unrest. As one critical shot threatens to change everything, Mike fights to save his family and friends from enemies he never saw coming.
The Trembling Path
by Mark Tufo
2020
Control of Etna Station hangs by a thread. A hostage rescue, a scheming Vivian Deneaux, and Dewey’s rising army of advanced zombies push Mike’s squad into a brutal scramble to decide who truly runs the last refuge they have.
Armageddon
by Mark Tufo
2021
In the Bleed trilogy’s conclusion, fewer than a dozen scattered fighters stand between existence and annihilation. With worlds falling and options shrinking, they must pull off an impossible plan or watch the Bleed consume every last reality.
Divided Nation
by Mark Tufo
2021
With foreign forces and internal factions tearing at what remains of the country, the final United States of Apocalypse book forces its characters to choose sides in a conflict that may finally finish the American experiment for good.
Hiraeth
by Mark Tufo
2021
Haunted by everything he’s lost, Mike struggles to carve out a new home while wondering if he can keep sacrificing his own for strangers. Fresh horrors and devastating choices make this "final journal" a brutal turning point in the saga.
Rapture
by Mark Tufo
2021
The Bleed’s assault widens as survivors from London, the moon, and another world begin to see that their nightmares are linked. Gods, mortals, and desperate refugees clash across realities, trying to prevent a blood‑soaked, universe‑wide rapture.
Razed Country
by Mark Tufo
2021
The long‑awaited sequel to United States of Apocalypse finds America fighting losing battles on both coasts and in its shattered heartland. Darlene, Mike, and their allies struggle to outrun enemy armies and homegrown tyrants as the nation burns.
Altered Destinies
by Mark Tufo
2022
On a devastated, mutant‑filled Britain, Mac and young Wilkes flee slavers while clinging to Talbot’s lost journals. In those pages, Mike leads his squad on a rescue mission that turns into something far bigger than anyone expected.
Devils Desk
by Mark Tufo
2022
A family vacation to Alaska’s remote Katmai National Park turns nightmarish when the ground splits, a historic storm rolls in, and a new breed of flesh‑eating creatures emerges. Stranded guests and the Talbots must survive a wilderness gone mad.
The Lost Journals
by Mark Tufo
2022
Decades after the outbreak, lone survivor Wilkes wanders a ruined Britain and discovers a backpack filled with Michael Talbot’s journals. Through his words she relives humanity’s darkest days and finds unexpected guidance for her own fight to endure.
Unearthed
by Mark Tufo
2022
In zombie‑ravaged Nigeria, Talbot’s misfit squad is ordered to retrieve vital data from a secret lab hidden in the desert. Underground, they uncover a monstrous super‑race and a necromancer’s army; above, unrest on the USS Jimmy Carter threatens everything.
Burden of Time
by Mark Tufo
2023
Time itself becomes a weapon as Talbot’s squad faces missions that bend timelines and sanity. Old events are revisited with new stakes, and every choice seems to echo forward, increasing the burden Mike carries for a world that won’t stop needing him.
Resurgence
by Mark Tufo
2023
The lycan war roars back to life in Resurgence. As new packs rise and dark powers stir, Talbot and his allies must adapt to enemies that have learned from every defeat and now aim to wipe out humanity’s last strongholds.
Shores Of Despair
by Mark Tufo
2023
Mutiny brews aboard the USS Jimmy Carter while Azile risks everything to cross worlds for a version of Michael Talbot who shouldn’t exist. On crashing shores and treacherous seas, loyalties fracture and war threatens what little hope remains.
Bridging the Gap
by Mark Tufo
2024
Bridging the Gap knits together storylines from across the Zombie Fallout universe. Lost moments, side missions, and critical decisions reveal how scattered journals, distant fronts, and unlikely alliances all feed the same desperate fight for survival.
Devils Desk 2
by Mark Tufo
2024
The horror unleashed at Devils Desk spreads as the survivors grapple with what really woke beneath the Alaskan wilderness. New revelations, wider devastation, and old enemies make clear that what started in one park may threaten the entire world.
On Unhallowed Ground
by Mark Tufo
2024
Dark forces claim a stretch of land that even seasoned survivors fear to cross. As Mike and his people step onto this unhallowed ground, they confront ancient evils, twisted magic, and the possibility that not all monsters were created by the virus.
The Broken Road
by Mark Tufo
2024
On a fractured path through hostile territory, Talbot and his team face ambushes, betrayals, and the slow crumbling of their own morale. The literal road is broken, but so are many of the people walking it beside him.
The Gods Undoing
by Mark Tufo
2024
Magic itself is failing, and the gods prepare for a final, destructive war. Drawn into a quest to save the Source of all enchantment, Michael Talbot finds himself navigating prophecies, mythic realms, and battles no human should survive.
Devil's Desk 3
by Mark Tufo
2025
In this third Devils Desk novel, Michael Talbot and his allies face the full consequences of disturbing what slept under Alaskan ice. The fight stretches beyond the park as they race to stop a catastrophe they helped set in motion.
Reset
by Mark Tufo
2025
When a massive EMP slams the planet, modern life ends in an instant. Recovering addict Marty, orphaned siblings Benny and Becky, and terminally ill Al each face the ruined world from different angles, discovering what survival and redemption now mean.
The End of The End
by Mark Tufo
2025
The long journey of Zombie Fallout drives toward its ultimate conclusion. With worlds, timelines, and loved ones all on the line, Michael Talbot faces choices that will finally decide what kind of ending he and his people get—if any.
Where should I start?
If you want his core zombie saga: Zombie Fallout → A Plague Upon Your Family → The End.. → The End Has Come and Gone.
If you like alien invasion and military sci‑fi: Encounters → Reckoning → Conquest → From The Ashes.
If you prefer werewolves and far‑future fallout: Rise of the Werewolf → Fall of Man → End of an Age → Immortality's Touchstone.
If you enjoy YA dystopian adventures: Winter's Rising → Cedar's Conflict → The Edge of Deceit.
If you want a lighter, animal‑POV angle: The Book of Riley → The Book of Riley 2 → The Book of Riley 3 → The Book of Riley 4.
Author bio
Mark Tufo grew up in the Boston area, where comics, horror paperbacks, and late‑night movies did as much educating as any classroom. After high school he went to UMass Amherst, picked up a BA, and then took a very different path by joining the United States Marine Corps.
The Marines sent him to Parris Island in South Carolina, then to Twentynine Palms in California and Kāneʻohe Bay in Hawaii. Those years left him with a feel for camaraderie, dark humor, and long stretches of boredom suddenly broken by chaos – all things that show up again and again in his fiction.
When his time in uniform ended, he moved into human resources at a large financial company. It was steady work, but the stories in his head never really quieted down. While he was still in college he had drafted a strange little book about aliens, a kid from Boston, and a brutal arena in space. He called it Indian Hill and then, like a lot of early projects, boxed it up and forgot about it.
Years later, during a garage clean‑out, that manuscript resurfaced. At his wife’s urging he polished it, hit publish instead of waiting for permission, and discovered there were plenty of readers who liked their science fiction wild, funny, and a little rough around the edges. Indian Hill: Encounters became the first doorway into what fans now call the Tufoverse.
Things really changed with Zombie Fallout. Told as the personal journals of Mike Talbot, a smart‑mouthed everyman trying to keep his family alive after a disastrous flu vaccine sparks a zombie plague, the series blends gore, tension, and the kind of jokes people crack when they’re one bad day from breaking. Readers latched onto Mike, his best friend BT, and even side characters like the Pop‑Tart‑loving vampire Tommy.
From there Tufo kept expanding his world sideways as much as forward. Lycan Fallout: Rise of the Werewolf jumps more than a century into the future, dropping an older, battered Michael Talbot into a rebuilt world threatened by a new breed of monsters. The Book of Riley shows the same apocalypse through the eyes of an American bulldog determined to protect her “pack.” Dystance: Winter’s Rising shifts to a militarized future where kids are raised for endless war, and a girl named Winter dares to imagine something different. In Devils Desk, the Talbots head to an isolated Alaskan park for a vacation that turns into a survival nightmare.
Along the way he has co‑written big, wild projects like The Bleed with Chris Philbrook and David Moody, and the United States of Apocalypse books with Armand Rosamilia, tying his characters into multiverse‑spanning wars and World War III on American soil. No matter how big the canvas gets, the focus stays tight on small groups of people trying to look after each other when the odds are terrible.
Tufo tends to write in the first person, with a conversational voice that swings from crude to heartfelt in a single paragraph. The books move fast, but they pause for dumb jokes, family arguments, and the quiet, ugly bits of survival that don’t fit in a movie trailer.
These days he lives in Maine with his wife, their three kids, and a pair of bulldogs who have clearly worked their way into his fiction. When he’s not writing about zombies, aliens, werewolves, or whatever else crawls out of his imagination, he’s usually talking with readers online, plotting the next Mike Talbot disaster, or sneaking dog cameos into yet another book.
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