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See the Red Eye books by Claire C Riley in order, with episode-by-episode summaries, reading order, and a quick guide to this zombie serial.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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Red Eye books in publication order

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12 books

1

Red Eye: Season One, Episode Four

by Claire C Riley

2019

Season one ends in blood, panic, and one desperate gamble after another. As the survivors make their move, trust gets shaky and the world outside looks no safer than the plane.

2

Red Eye: Season One, Episode One

by Claire C Riley

2019

Rose and Sam board an overnight flight expecting inconvenience, not the apocalypse. When passengers start turning, survival becomes a midair horror show with nowhere to run.

3

Red Eye: Season One, Episode Three

by Claire C Riley

2019

Brief shelter gives the survivors a moment to breathe, but a mystery prisoner and shrinking options keep the pressure high. On a plane full of death, even the best plan can turn ugly fast.

4

Red Eye: Season One, Episode Two

by Claire C Riley

2019

The nightmare on the plane is only getting worse, and every seat aisle becomes a battleground. Rose, Sam, and the other survivors have to improvise fast if they want any chance of getting off alive.

5

Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Four

by Claire C Riley

2020

The group is split, the road to Las Vegas is treacherous, and even a stop at RV World turns dangerous. This finale leans hard into division, desperation, and the kind of choices that leave damage behind.

6

Red Eye: Season Three, Episode One

by Claire C Riley

2020

Rose is trapped inside the Sins' violent world while Sam wonders how long Barrett can really keep her safe. Season three turns darker fast, with human cruelty pushing the zombies into second place.

7

Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Three

by Claire C Riley

2020

Rose and Sam finally reach each other again, but reunion does not mean relief. Barrett keeps twisting the situation while the Sins and the dead close in from every side.

8

Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Two

by Claire C Riley

2020

Lies are cracking, Nolan is close to death, and Barrett keeps finding new ways to control the people around him. The tension here comes as much from secrets as from the apocalypse.

9

Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Four

by Claire C Riley

2020

Rose and Nolan fall into the hands of human predators just as Sam and Barrett reach the Sins. The season closes with the group scattered, hunted, and more afraid of the living than the dead.

10

Red Eye: Season Two, Episode One

by Claire C Riley

2020

The group reaches a military camp that looks safer than it is, especially as Sam's strange condition worsens. Safe zones, blood tests, and panic make for a brutal start to the new season.

11

Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Three

by Claire C Riley

2020

Sam's fight to stay herself gets nastier, and Barrett's protection may not be enough. As the group pushes on, the living prove they can be every bit as monstrous as the infected.

12

Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Two

by Claire C Riley

2020

Rose's fight to survive gets harder as hope thins and the safe zone feels anything but safe. In the middle of the outbreak, every new ally and every new plan comes with a cost.

Red Eye books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season One, Episode One"

    Red Eye: Season One, Episode One

    by Claire C Riley

    2019Red Eye, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season One, Episode Two"

    Red Eye: Season One, Episode Two

    by Claire C Riley

    2019Red Eye, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season One, Episode Three"

    Red Eye: Season One, Episode Three

    by Claire C Riley

    2019Red Eye, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season One, Episode Four"

    Red Eye: Season One, Episode Four

    by Claire C Riley

    2019Red Eye, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Two, Episode One"

    Red Eye: Season Two, Episode One

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Two"

    Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Two

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Three"

    Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Three

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Four"

    Red Eye: Season Two, Episode Four

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Three, Episode One"

    Red Eye: Season Three, Episode One

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Two"

    Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Two

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Three"

    Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Three

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Four"

    Red Eye: Season Three, Episode Four

    by Claire C Riley

    2020Red Eye, Book 12

Series background & context

Red Eye takes the zombie apocalypse and traps it in a serial format, which is a big part of why it works. Instead of one long novel, Claire C Riley and Eli Constant tell the story in short episodes and seasons, each one ending with more danger, more complications, and usually a very good reason to keep going. The hook is immediate. Rose, a British runaway, and Sam, an American ballerina, board a flight from London to Los Angeles and end up watching the world die around them at thirty thousand feet.

That opening does a lot. The plane setting forces strangers together, strips away escape routes, and gives the series a frantic first stretch full of blood, panic, and improvised survival. But Red Eye does not stay in one place. Once the survivors reach the ground, the story opens into military camps, road travel, criminal hideouts, and the larger horror of a society coming apart faster than anyone can keep up with.

Rose and Sam are the emotional center. Their friendship gives the series its backbone, especially as the cast expands and the danger shifts from simple survival to questions of trust, separation, and what it means to stay human when the world keeps rewarding the opposite. Nolan and Barrett become key figures too, and Barrett in particular brings a lot of the series' tension. He is protective, dangerous, hard to read, and closely tied to the criminal group known as the Sins.

That blend of zombies and human menace is where the books really dig in. The dead are everywhere, but the living keep making the world worse. Safe spaces rarely stay safe. Authority is shaky. Groups form quickly and turn ugly just as fast. By the later seasons, the story has moved well past the shock of the outbreak and into the deeper dread of what kind of people survive when the rules are gone.

The tone is fast, pulpy, darkly funny in spots, and very easy to binge. Because the books are episodic, momentum matters more than long pauses for worldbuilding. You get quick bursts of action, emotional fallout, cliffhangers, and then the next hit of story.

Start with Red Eye: Season One, Episode One and keep going in order. This is one long survival story, and it lands best that way.

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