War Journal Books in Order

The War Journal books are home to one of Scott Sigler's strangest and funniest creations, Hunter Hunterson and his family of monster hunters. If most of Sigler's work lives in horror, science fiction, and thriller territory, this series takes a hard turn into backwoods supernatural comedy without giving up the gore.

Hunter and his people are from Slayerville, Kentucky.

They make their living going after things nobody sensible wants to chase, vampires, ghosts, ogres, zombie pimps, rabid unicorns, and whatever else is causing trouble. The joke is not that they are fake tough guys. The joke is that they are absolutely real working stiffs in a world where the supernatural is part of the job. They approach monsters with the same rough practicality other people bring to plumbing, towing, or bail recovery.

That setup gets even better when the stories push them out of their own environment. A lot of the fun comes from the fish-out-of-water contrast once this rural, blue-collar family gets tangled up with San Francisco. The culture clash is baked into the series. Hunterson stubbornness meets big-city weirdness, and neither side comes out untouched. That makes the books feel rowdy and specific in a way a more generic monster-hunter premise would not.

The voice is a big part of it.

Hunter keeps a running record of the family's adventures, which gives the stories a diary or case-file flavor. That framing helps the books feel loose and personal even when the body count climbs. The tone can be ridiculous on purpose, but Sigler never lets it float away from consequences. People still get hurt. Creatures are still dangerous. The comedy works because the threats are real.

So this page is best for readers who want something more playful from Sigler without losing the pulp violence. The War Journal stories sit comfortably beside collections like Blood Is Red and Bones Are White, but taken together they build their own shaggy little world of family business, supernatural trouble, and regional attitude. If you want monster hunting with pickup-truck energy and a lot of bad decisions made at full speed, this is the series to use.