United States Of Apocalypse Books in Order

United States of Apocalypse imagines World War III erupting not on distant fronts but in American neighborhoods. Co‑written by Mark Tufo and Armand Rosamilia, it brings together characters from both of their worlds and drops them into a homeland under siege.

The opening book, United States of Apocalypse, kicks off with coordinated attacks that leave major cities burning and the country scrambling. Nuclear strikes, terror operations, and invading forces hit in quick succession. Infrastructure fails, the government splinters, and ordinary people are left to sort out who’s in charge – or if anyone is.

On the west coast, Darlene Bobich and her group fight to survive in a landscape that looks like the worst days of the zombie apocalypse but with living, armed enemies instead of shambling corpses. On the east coast, Michael Talbot and BT find themselves swept into a desperate, under‑resourced military response trying to hold back a multi‑front war.

Razed towns, refugee columns, and improvised militias give the series a road‑novel feel. Everyone is moving: civilians chased inland by advancing troops, scattered National Guard units trying to regroup, enemy forces tightening nooses around pockets of resistance. The books lean into the chaos and confusion of modern warfare viewed from the ground.

Later entries, Razed Country and Divided Nation, pick up the pieces as the initial shock turns into grinding conflict. The fractured United States faces pressure from outside powers and from within, as factions with very different visions of the future scramble for control of shattered regions. Darlene, Mike, and their allies are pushed into roles that look a lot like leadership whether they want them or not.

The tone is grim – there are no easy victories when entire coasts are cratered and supply lines are measured in bodies – but the books still find space for the banter and stubborn optimism familiar from Tufo’s other series. Rosamilia’s influence shows in the willingness to let characters pay real prices for their choices.

If you’ve wondered what would happen if the sensibilities of zombie fiction were applied to a conventional war fought at home, United States of Apocalypse is that thought experiment turned into an explosive trilogy.