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Road To Key West Books in Order

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See the Road To Key West books in order by Michael Reisig, with quick summaries, series background, and a clear guide to where new readers should start.

Last updated: July 4, 2026

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16 books

1

The Road to Key West

by Michael Reisig

2010

In 1971, friends Kansas Stamps and Will Bell head for the Florida Keys planning to make a living as commercial divers. Instead they collide with smugglers, mystics, romance, and a lost Spanish treasure that drags them across the Caribbean.

2

Along The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2013

Kansas and Will discover a hidden device that forces people to tell the truth, and suddenly everyone wants it. Con men, political fixers, and gunmen close in as the two friends try to survive their most dangerous idea yet.

3

Back On The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2013

Kansas and Will are back in the early 1980s, chasing an ancient map, lost pirate treasure, and a mysterious device with strange powers. The trip swings through the Caribbean and South America with Rufus, cutthroats, and more romantic complications.

4

Somewhere On The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2014

A diary from an amateur archaeologist sends Kansas and Will up a dangerous Panamanian river in search of the Emerald Cave and a lost Spanish treasure. A local gang, hired killers, and old enemies make every step worse.

5

Beyond The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2016

A cache of ancient writings links Kansas and Will to the hidden treasure of a Mayan ruler and a love story that reaches back more than four centuries. Their hunt pulls them through Central America and the Bahamas with soldiers, bandits, and stranger things in pursuit.

6

Down The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2016

Kansas and Will hunt the lost treasure of Pancho Villa while competing for the attention of a beautiful antiquities dealer. A secret-laden dagger, dangerous bandits, and a trail into Mexico keep the search moving fast.

7

A Far Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2017

Kansas, Will, and their crew head back into Guatemala to recover the rest of a Mayan king's treasure. Instead they land in revolution, Nazi loot, military pursuit, and one of Central America's most terrifying prisons.

8

The Wild Road to Key West

by Michael Reisig

2017

While rescuing an old friend from a brutal Venezuelan gem boss, the gang stumbles onto a larger mystery involving a lost city, ancient secrets, and a cave with a timeless message. It's jungle adventure with gems, bandits, and a very unstable guide.

9

A Pirate's Road to Key West

by Michael Reisig

2018

Kansas Stamps, Will Bell, and the Hole in the Coral Wall Gang chase a stolen Pre-Columbian treasure from Caracas to New Orleans, Haiti, and the Windward Islands. Old grudges, a drug boss, and an expert assassin make the ride even rougher.

10

The True Tales Of The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2018

Not a novel but the real-life side of the series, this book gathers Michael Reisig's memories from the 1970s and 1980s Caribbean. It blends outrageous true stories, photos, quotes, and short introductions to the Road to Key West books.

11

The Lost Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2019

Kansas and Will chase a mystery tied to reports of ancient Egyptian ruins in the Grand Canyon. What starts as a treasure hunt turns into a high-risk fight over hidden artifacts, buried history, and truths powerful people would rather keep buried.

12

The Incredible Key West - Caribbean Race

by Michael Reisig

2020

After a hard night in Key West, Kansas Stamps and Will Bell get pulled into a bizarre contest that sends them across the Caribbean and into Central and South America. The scavenger-hunt setup brings promoters, hit men, storms, voodoo, and plenty of bad decisions.

13

Gamblers Fools And Fate On The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2021

The gang heads to Panama's notorious Coiba Penal Colony, where an ancient secret may be hidden among convicts, guards, and armed opportunists. Kansas and Will also have to dodge the South Florida mafia and a pair of relentless hired crazies.

14

Gods, Guns, and Money On The Road To Key West

by Michael Reisig

2021

Kansas, Will, and the gang get swept into another far-flung run involving airplane crashes, bank thefts, river pirates, diamond thieves, a crystal skull, and drug lords. Under the chaos sits a quieter thread about power, wonder, and the bond between people and animals.

15

The Road To Mexico

by Michael Reisig

2024

Kansas Stamps and Will Bell head south again for another Road to Key West adventure, with Mexico serving as the jumping-off point for fresh trouble. Expect treasure hunting, dangerous rivals, and the same mix of humor, romance, and close calls that drives the series.

16

The Road To Roatan

by Michael Reisig

2024

Kansas and Will head to Roatan, where pirate history, a missing treasure, and a looming hurricane make a bad mix. Add a crime boss, angry monks, crocodiles, and the usual gang, and the island getaway turns wild fast.

Series background & context

The Road To Key West books are breezy Caribbean adventure novels with a strong comic streak. They begin with Kansas Stamps and Will Bell arriving in the Florida Keys in the early 1970s, mostly hoping to make a living as commercial divers and enjoy island life. That plan never lasts long. Lost treasure, smugglers, strange artifacts, old maps, and terrible decisions keep pushing them from Key West into the Bahamas, Cuba, Central America, and beyond.

Trouble finds these two faster than they ever find trouble.

Kansas and Will are the heart of the series. They are brave enough to keep going, reckless enough to make things worse, and loyal enough to risk themselves for each other when the mess turns serious. They are not polished action heroes. They bluff, improvise, fall in love, get distracted, and sometimes survive by pure nerve. As the books go on, the circle widens into the Hole in the Coral Wall Gang, with recurring figures like Rufus the mystical Jamaican, Crazy Eddie, Travis Christian, and Cody Joe adding more humor and more chaos.

Setting matters a lot here. Reisig uses Key West and the wider Caribbean as working places, not just vacation scenery. Dive boats, bars, reefs, jungle rivers, back roads, small airstrips, and half-legal enterprises all feed the plots. The region's history matters too. Spanish treasure, Mayan legends, pirate stories, voodoo, colonial ruins, and buried documents keep resurfacing in new forms, so the past is always one wave away from the present.

That makes the series feel both episodic and connected. A book like The Road to Key West introduces the basic rhythm: a simple plan goes sideways and opens into a much larger chase. Along The Road To Key West brings in an ancient device that forces the truth, while Somewhere On The Road To Key West and Down The Road To Key West turn old clues into jungle and desert hunts. Later books widen the scope even further, with Mayan treasure, Grand Canyon conspiracies, island races, prison colonies, and storms that hit at exactly the wrong moment.

The stakes get bigger, but the series never loses its grin.

If you like buddy adventures, treasure hunts, offbeat humor, and a setting that smells of salt, fuel, and rain, this series is easy to settle into. Most books can be enjoyed on their own, but the friendships land better in order, starting with The Road to Key West. And if you want the real-life roots behind the fiction, The True Tales Of The Road To Key West shows how much of the series grew out of Reisig's own years around the Keys and the Caribbean.

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