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Surviving The Evacuation Books in Order

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Find the Surviving The Evacuation books by Frank Tayell in order, with quick summaries, spin-off context, and help choosing the best place to start.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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25 books

1

London

by Frank Tayell

2013

Bill Wright breaks his leg on the day the outbreak begins and is left behind when London is evacuated. Trapped in his flat as the city empties and then fills with the undead, he has to decide when hiding is no longer survival.

2

Zombies vs The Living Dead

by Frank Tayell

2013

George Tull and the residents of a retirement home cannot make the march to the coast when Britain's evacuation begins. Abandoned and trapped, George must decide whether to save people he can barely stand or leave behind the woman he loves.

3

Family

by Frank Tayell

2014

Bill and Kim hear of safety on the Irish coast, but getting there means returning to London for two children first. The rescue mission forces Bill to choose between the family he lost and the one he might still protect.

4

Unsafe Haven

by Frank Tayell

2014

Distrusting the government's claim that Britain is safe, Nilda stays behind in Penrith with her son Jay. As supplies vanish and the dead close in, she tries to build a community, then keep it alive through betrayal and constant flight.

5

Wasteland

by Frank Tayell

2014

Bill Wright has escaped London and found temporary safety, but not answers. To uncover who created the virus, he leaves sanctuary behind and heads into an undead wasteland where living survivors can be just as dangerous.

6

Harvest

by Frank Tayell

2015

Fifty survivors hold the Tower of London, but strong walls do not solve hunger. A trip west to search abandoned farms brings back more than food, and proves the dead are not the only danger closing in.

7

Home

by Frank Tayell

2015

The Tower of London is failing, its food is gone, the water is poisoned, and winter is closing in. Besieged by both living and dead enemies, the survivors face a brutal choice about sacrifice, revenge, and where home can still be found.

8

Reunion

by Frank Tayell

2015

Nilda crosses radioactive Britain with Chester, chasing the chance that her son Jay is still alive. At the same time Jay and Tuck head south for survivors and medical supplies, only to learn that building a life may be harder than escaping the undead.

9

Anglesey

by Frank Tayell

2016

Trapped in Ireland and waiting for rescue, Bill Wright uses the time to record how Anglesey became a sanctuary for survivors from across the world. The island has power and promise, but it needs supplies, leadership, and luck to stay alive.

10

Ireland

by Frank Tayell

2017

Bill and Kim are stranded on Ireland's Atlantic coast eight months after the outbreak. Their journey north toward Anglesey becomes a long, dangerous crawl through ruined strongholds, dead-filled roads, and unfinished business from the old world.

11

Search and Rescue

by Frank Tayell

2017

Hope still exists on Anglesey, but it has to be earned. Branofski, Chester, Greta, and others push into Wales and the Midlands to find survivors, open routes to safety, and discover that some enemies from the old conspiracy are still alive.

12

The Last Candidate

by Frank Tayell

2017

Ten thousand survivors crowd Anglesey while food, fuel, and ammunition dwindle. An election meant to preserve democracy instead deepens fear, suspicion, and impossible promises, just as humanity's last refuge starts to come apart.

13

Britain's End

by Frank Tayell

2018

Anglesey is no longer the haven it seemed, and the planned move to Belfast is fraying under shortages, bad weather, and hidden enemies. As the fallout from the election spreads, the real threat is still moving in the shadows.

14

Future's Beginning

by Frank Tayell

2018

After betrayal and a shattered exodus from Anglesey, scattered survivors try to endure an Irish winter with supplies running out. In Dundalk and beyond, the fight shifts from pure escape to deciding what kind of future is still possible.

15

Mort Vivant

by Frank Tayell

2018

Six survivors stranded by a crash in northern France expected a quick run to safety, not a desperate winter trek. With little food, few weapons, and no rescue likely, they face both the undead and isolated people who think they are the last of the old world.

16

Where There's Hope

by Frank Tayell

2018

Chester Carson and his companions cross frozen northern France, chasing any route back across the Channel. The odds are grim, but their mission is bigger than survival, they are trying to reach family, friends, and a future worth saving.

17

Unwanted Visitors, Unwelcome Guests

by Frank Tayell

2019

A year after nuclear war, Europe's survivors are caught between marching zombie hordes and the Rosewood Cartel. Scattered groups in France, Denmark, and beyond struggle to protect hard-won refuges and carry hope into the darkest stretch yet.

18

There We Stood

by Frank Tayell

2020

On a frozen archipelago, a few thousand survivors finally have room to breathe after a year of catastrophe. But missing allies, hidden enemies, and rumors of other communities mean peace is fragile and the wider world is not done with them.

19

Rebuilt in a Day

by Frank Tayell

2021

Spring reaches Nova Scotia, and for the first time extinction does not feel immediate. That hope brings new problems, as supplies run out, rebuilding becomes urgent, and an expedition west looks for other survivors and a future beyond mere endurance.

20

Welcome to the End of the Earth

by Frank Tayell

2022

As Canada prepares a final evacuation and Canberra begins building something new, Bill, Kim, and Sholto go searching for lost communities. Floods, ruins, and hard reunions turn the journey into a reckoning with what remains of America.

21

Our Home, Too

by Frank Tayell

2023

Kim and Sholto search the Pacific Northwest for a lasting home while Bill manages the evacuation from Nova Scotia. When assassins strike at pilgrims and a murderer hides among the newcomers, the dream of a better world starts to look dangerously fragile.

22

Small Cogs in the Survival Machine

by Frank Tayell

2023

Eighteen months after civilisation fell, Eastern Canada's survivors plan a last migration across North America. Jay, Tuck, Sorcha, and others take on scouting, road mapping, and political missions while old enemies and bigger questions about humanity's future crowd in.

23

Letters from Yesterday

by Frank Tayell

2024

Bill's evacuation plans are threatened by theft, spies, and another pirate attack. At the same time, Jay and Heppy find a year-old letter from a separated couple, turning a scavenging trip into a stubborn search for survivors who still deserve a chance.

24

An Imperfect Utopia

by Frank Tayell

2025

Kim throws herself into rebuilding homes, schools, power, and food while Bill tries to shape government for a community of survivors. But the pirates have followed them west, and the last chance at a better society may have to be defended in war.

25

One Minute More

by Frank Tayell

2025

Maggs Espoir has spent a year crossing a broken Canada in search of her husband Etienne. As supplies shrink and factions harden, one glimpse of a plane suggests civilisation, and maybe her missing future, might still exist.

Series background & context

On the surface, Surviving The Evacuation is a zombie series. It opens with Britain under quarantine, inland towns marked for evacuation, and Bill Wright left behind in London after the outbreak begins. Bill is not a soldier or survival expert. He is a political strategist with a broken leg, too much time to think, and a front-row seat to the collapse of government, utilities, and public order.

That small beginning matters.

The early books feel close and claustrophobic. Bill is trapped in a flat, then pushed out into a city and country that are emptying of the living and filling with the dead. But the series does not stay small for long. Tayell gradually widens the lens to include other survivors, including Kim, George Tull, Nilda and her son Jay, Chester Carson, Tuck, and later whole communities trying to keep some kind of civilisation alive. By the time the story reaches places like Anglesey, Ireland, northern France, Nova Scotia, and the Pacific Northwest, the question is no longer who can make it through the week. It is whether a frightened remnant of humanity can build anything worth keeping.

That is the real engine of the series. Food, water, fuel, medicine, transport, farming, elections, leadership, and trust matter just as much as killing zombies. One book might focus on a dangerous journey through ruined streets. The next might turn on a vote, a betrayal, or a plan to move thousands of people before winter closes in. The undead are always present, but human motives, old conspiracies, and clashing ideas about power keep the pressure on.

Setting matters here, too. London, the Tower of London, Anglesey, Belfast, the Irish coast, and the storm-battered ruins of mainland Europe are not just backdrops. Each place changes what survival looks like. A walled fortress buys time but not food. An island offers safety but creates shortages. A new refuge can become a prison if the wrong people gain control.

The tone is practical, tense, and often more political than readers might expect from zombie fiction. Tayell is very interested in the nuts and bolts of survival, but he is just as interested in democracy, compromise, and what people do when fear makes simple answers sound attractive. That gives the series a different rhythm from a straight action-horror story. There are fights, sieges, and desperate escapes, but there is also planning, rebuilding, and a lot of hard arguments about the future.

If that mix sounds like your kind of apocalypse, start with London. From there, the series keeps expanding in scope without losing sight of the people at its centre. It is a long journey, but that is part of the appeal. These books are not only about the end of the world. They are about what comes after.

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