Pandemic Books in Order
Part ofBobby Akart Books in OrderBrowse the Pandemic books by Bobby Akart in order, with quick summaries, series background, and clear advice on where to start reading.
Last updated: July 2, 2026
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Pandemic books in publication order
4 books
Beginnings
by Bobby Akart
2017
Epidemiologist Mackenzie Hagan and covert operative Nathan Hunter collide while tracking an outbreak with terrorist roots. The first book blends medical suspense with action and the fear of a crisis nobody wants to admit is real.
Level 6
by Bobby Akart
2017
What begins in faraway places now threatens the world at scale. This entry widens the outbreak into a true pandemic and leans hard into the cost of delay.
Quietus
by Bobby Akart
2017
The series closes with humanity facing both patient zero and the idea of a last patient. It is a grim, forward-driving finale about extinction, endurance, and what might come after.
The Innocents
by Bobby Akart
2017
The virus moves quietly, using ordinary contact and unsuspecting carriers to spread. Mac and Hunter race to understand the growing plague before the phrase patient zero stops mattering.
Pandemic books in chronological order
Beginnings
by Bobby Akart
2017Pandemic, Book 1
The Innocents
by Bobby Akart
2017Pandemic, Book 2
Level 6
by Bobby Akart
2017Pandemic, Book 3
Quietus
by Bobby Akart
2017Pandemic, Book 4
Series background & context
The Pandemic series blends medical thriller, terrorism thriller, and survival story. At its center are Dr. Mackenzie Hagan, a CDC epidemiologist, and Nathan Hunter, a covert operative tracking terrorist threats. Their work pulls them into the same crisis from different directions, science on one side, field operations on the other.
The first book starts in Guatemala with an outbreak investigation, but the series quickly makes clear that the deeper danger is planned, not accidental. A biological threat with global reach is being moved by people who understand how fear spreads, and the biggest obstacle may be the reluctance of institutions to sound the alarm in time.
That delay hurts.
Across Beginnings, The Innocents, Level 6, and Quietus, the story widens from outbreak to full pandemic. Akart keeps the medical side front and center, but he never lets it become cold or abstract. The books stay tied to human movement, secrecy, politics, and the awful speed with which a modern disease event can outrun both governments and good intentions.
If you like bio-thrillers with a strong chase element and a clear scientific backbone, Pandemic is one of Akart's better known series for a reason. It is tense, fast, and easy to keep reading once it gets moving.
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