William W Johnstone Books in Order

Black Wilder has waited for the right moment to enter Whitfield. As the prairie town falls under a dark influence, transformed residents and rising undead make an ordinary community the setting for a struggle against supernatural evil.

Terry Kovaks is recruited into a secret military unit and trained for covert missions around the world. When his handlers no longer need him, the soldier they made into a lethal weapon must fight for his own survival.

A soldier forced to leave Vietnam struggles with civilian life after years defined by combat and isolation. Falling in love with a married woman offers him a new connection, but also threatens to deepen his loneliness and turmoil.

Seventeen years after a brutal initiation into a wealthy children’s club, its former members begin dying. The anniversary killings revive a secret surrounding thirteen-year-old twins Paul and Judy Evans, leaving the survivors facing a past they thought buried.

Wolfsbane blooms again in Ducros Parish, Louisiana, reviving fears of an old supernatural threat. While some residents dismiss the plant’s significance as superstition, others recognize its return as a warning that nighttime howls and human bloodshed will follow.

Creatures emerge from a swamp to abduct young women, who become mothers to unnatural offspring. The disappearances point toward a spreading supernatural evil, with each victim drawn into a scheme designed to carry that horror into another generation.

After nuclear war devastates America, former soldier Ben Raines searches for his missing family. Meeting other survivors leads him toward organizing resistance and rebuilding a community, but marauders and hostile government forces threaten the society he hopes to create.

Survivors of Whitfield’s terrible summer remember the creatures that rose from beneath their town. As supernatural monsters and a Satanic coven bring renewed violence, escaping the original catastrophe proves no guarantee of safety from the evil it unleashed.

Mike Folsom returns to Butler, Louisiana, and finds unsettling events disturbing his hometown. Ignoring warnings that he should leave, he remains to confront the strangeness around him, bringing him closer to whatever lies behind the town’s frightening changes.

Ben Raines and his Rebels are rebuilding society after nuclear and biological war. Their plans face destruction when mercenary Sam Hartline assembles an invading Russian army, forcing Raines to defend both his followers and their fragile new nation.

A plot to assassinate the president draws mercenary and war hero Dagger into a hunt for a traitor within the presidential circle. His knowledge of international espionage faces a crucial test against an assassin he cannot identify.

Ben Raines tries to create a new America from the ruins of nuclear war, but government forces drive his Rebels into civil conflict. A dangerous breed of mutants adds another enemy, threatening everyone’s hopes of rebuilding a viable society.

Sam and Nydia Balon recognize the signs of a supernatural threat spreading through Logandale. Having survived the horrors of Whitfield, they face rising corpses and demonic forces again, while the town’s unsuspecting residents fall within reach of the same evil.

After violence destroys his family, a Missouri farm boy travels west seeking revenge. Under the guidance of the mountain man Preacher, Smoke Jensen learns how to survive and fight while preparing to confront the enemies who left him alive.

Separated from his Rebel forces, Ben Raines becomes a target for armed gangs roaming post-apocalyptic America. Crossing a ruined country alone, he must evade leaders such as Cowboy Vic and Texas Red while deciding when to turn on his pursuers.

A violent cult called the Ninth Order threatens Ben Raines’s effort to rebuild America after nuclear disaster. Its followers launch attacks and cultivate betrayal within the Rebels, putting both Raines’s life and his community’s future at risk.

A Soviet operation threatens to push the United States and its allies into war. The growing confrontation stretches from Washington and Paris to the Pacific Northwest and Africa, where covert maneuvering could trigger a devastating final attack.

Former mercenary Key Lessard returns to Lewiston, Nebraska, hoping to come home after years away. Instead, he encounters a neo-Nazi movement assembling a violent army, forcing him to defend his town against a threat with ambitions far beyond it.

A lost girl is found clutching a black cat with yellow eyes. Her arrival is followed by strange deaths and terrible accidents, leaving a community facing the possibility that the child and her companion carry a dangerous supernatural influence.

Phillip Baxter is uneasy about his unusually self-possessed daughter Nora, but gives her an antique jack-in-the-box. The toy’s sinister clown delights the girl, whose response suggests a connection far darker than the innocent pleasure her father expects.

Smoke Jensen enters Idaho Territory pursuing men involved in his brother’s murder. In Bury, a town built on stolen gold, he faces the criminals his father hunted, despite the warning that revenge could consume the rest of his life.

Children Jackie and Johnny hear a rocking horse calling from the attic at night. Drawn to its beautiful appearance, they begin riding it, unaware of the sinister changes in the toy and the influence taking hold of them.

A mysterious nighttime glow above railroad tracks draws children in Good Hope, Missouri. Ten-year-old Heather senses something wrong in her classmates, but nobody believes her warnings as the same evil begins turning its attention toward her own soul.

Ben Raines prepares an assault against Russian invaders and the turncoat Sam Hartline from a hidden western base. With reinforcements still absent, he must fight alone while his Rebels’ plans for rebuilding America hang on the coming confrontation.

A piano with unnatural powers plays music that draws children into an empty house. Behind the instrument’s polished appearance lies a history of bloodshed, and those who follow its melodies encounter a threat far beyond an ordinary haunting.

Mercenary and assassin Mitch Denier faces a right-wing extremist group planning to kill every member of the Supreme Court. Stopping the conspiracy requires him to turn his own lethal skills against a plot aimed at the country’s highest judges.

An attack on his father brings Vietnam veteran Barry Rivers back to the trucking business. A dangerous transport contract then draws him into corruption and betrayal, forcing him to rely on his rig, his companions and his military experience.

Ben Raines and his Rebels face attacks by the terrorist Khamasin as they rebuild a devastated America. In the ruined cities, starving cannibal mutants present another threat, forcing the survivors to defend their communities on more than one front.

Sam, Nydia and Little Sam arrive in Becancour, a town overrun with watchful cats. As an evil influence spreads from the swamps into its residents, the family must again confront supernatural forces whose feline presence conceals a deadly threat.

Jay Clute returns to Victory, Missouri, after inheriting his Aunt Cary’s house and extensive toy collection. Twenty years after a terrifying childhood experience there, he finds the same dolls and clowns waiting, along with signs that the horror remains active.

A gold strike brings gunmen and criminals to No-Name, Colorado, near Smoke Jensen’s home. Vastly outnumbered, he recruits twenty veteran frontier fighters to defend the town before greed turns its newfound prosperity into a struggle dominated by murder.

Cotton takes a lawman’s job in Doubtful, Wyoming, intending to save money and move on. A dispute between homesteaders fencing their land and powerful ranches turns his temporary employment into a dangerous test of whether he can enforce the law.

While battling cannibals in post-apocalyptic America, Ben Raines encounters a resurgent Ku Klux Klan. The group’s campaign of racial hatred threatens the society his Rebels are rebuilding, adding an organized human enemy to the dangers of the ruined cities.

An attempted truck hijacking brings Barry Rivers into a conflict with terrorists. Joined by Air Force officer Meri Cutter, he hauls a secret cargo across the country, preparing to fight back when the attackers make their next move.

Smoke Jensen returns from a cattle-buying trip to find his wife critically wounded by gunmen. Realizing the attackers had come for him, he sets out to hunt them before they can return and finish what they started.

Young Paul Kelly’s violent temper takes a more frightening turn when he discovers he can make unwanted people disappear. Adults fail to suspect the small boy, leaving his victims exposed to powers he treats as a new form of play.

People vanish, animals are consumed and crops disappear in Lapeer Parish, Louisiana. Sheriff Vic Ransonet has seen the ravenous creatures responsible, and must find a way to halt their feeding before the entire community becomes their prey.

A decade after nuclear war, Ben Raines leads his Rebels from Louisiana toward New York City. They must confront the cannibalistic Night People in towers and underground tunnels, taking their effort to rebuild America into a heavily defended urban stronghold.

Surviving a bombing leaves Barry Rivers with a ruined identity and little beyond his dog and anger. Recruited for covert work by the president, he drives into Kentucky mining country to confront a criminal family terrorizing the region.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves grow into skilled gunmen after becoming blood brothers as boys. As settlers, renegades and land-hungry ranchers bring conflict to Montana, their friendship faces competing loyalties on the approach to the Battle of Little Bighorn.

A carnival arrives in Holland, Nebraska, delighting the townspeople while unsettling the mayor and his daughter. When killings begin around the festivities, their sense that something is wrong becomes a struggle against a deadly presence.

Romance writer Dee Conner hears strange cat noises at her isolated retreat. Her new bodyguard, Carl Garrett, recognizes a demonic threat from his own past and faces a battle to protect her from returning evil.

Smoke Jensen learns that his cousin Fae is caught in a Montana range war. He rides to help with four old friends, facing opponents who threaten both his family and his chances of surviving the fight.

An unknown enemy follows Smoke Jensen, drawing him toward Jud Vale and his dangerous gang. Caught in the middle of a battle, Smoke must decide where he stands before the conflict leaves him no choice.

Ben Raines and his Rebels are trapped in the ruins of New York as enemies prepare to join forces against them. Facing terrorists, cannibals, and Sister Velora's followers, he must organize a decisive counterattack.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves pursue gunrunners and kidnappers through the Arizona badlands toward Mexico. Joined by two people searching for missing relatives, they face outlaws and hostile territory on a dangerous rescue mission.

Retired police chief Al Watt senses an old evil gathering over Willowdale, Colorado. Eleven-year-old Howie Ingram feels the danger too, but getting anyone to listen becomes part of their struggle as the isolated town faces terror.

In a nuclear-devastated America, Ben Raines continues his war against the cannibalistic Night People. His Rebel army targets their hiding places, hoping to force the mutants into the open before they can threaten the rebuilding nation.

Ben Raines and his guerrillas camp beside what used to be the Mississippi River, only to become trapped between armed troops and fanatical assassins. Their effort to rebuild America now depends on surviving another deadly confrontation.

Outlaw leader Max Higgins wants to expand his control into Barlow, where Smoke Jensen is visiting relatives. When Higgins kidnaps Smoke's wife and demands the town as ransom, the local struggle becomes intensely personal.

Smoke Jensen has put gunslinging behind him to raise a family, but Lee Slater's gang brings violence back into his life. After they shoot his wife Sally, Smoke takes up his guns to confront them.

Ben Raines has driven many of America's gangs and killers out of the lower states after nuclear war. With survivors retreating into Alaska's wilderness, he and his Rebels follow them to protect the country's fragile recovery.

Ben Raines and his Rebel army face bands of violent mutants on America's West Coast. In a country shattered by nuclear war, their latest campaign is another test of whether their effort to rebuild can survive.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves ride into Texas and encounter rancher John Lee's hired gunmen. Joining the threatened Circle S ranch, the blood brothers stand against a land grab that could turn into a deadly fight.

German hunter Count Frederick von Hausen comes west to hunt Smoke Jensen rather than an animal. With ruthless gunmen tracking him into Wyoming's Rockies, Smoke must use his knowledge of the mountains to survive.

Preacher changes his plans for the annual mountain rendezvous to guide sixty wagons toward Oregon. The final stretch of the journey brings outlaws and hostile encounters, leaving him responsible for settlers crossing a dangerous frontier.

Susan Benning joins old classmates and their children for a camping trip in Idaho after a reunion. Deep in the woods, unseen inhabitants view the visitors as a threat and prepare to turn the holiday into a hunt.

Smoke Jensen returns to Red Light, Montana, to settle his late sister's estate. Major Cosgrove controls the town and wants the gold beneath her land, putting Smoke between a powerful local enemy and his family's property.

Preacher leads settlers into the Rockies, where a blinding snowstorm traps their wagons on the Continental Divide. The Pardee gang and hostile Utes add gunfire to the winter danger, forcing him to defend the stranded travelers.

Smoke Jensen brings a large cattle herd to Montana, upsetting rancher Clint Black's control of the region. Black's hired killers turn the business trip into a violent confrontation, forcing Smoke to fight back against the cattle baron.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves stop for supplies in Crossville and find rival factions occupying opposite sides of Main Street. A feud rooted in a wedding and an unspoken secret puts the blood brothers in the crossfire.

Blood brothers Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves ride into Dale, Colorado, and encounter a range war tearing families apart. Fathers oppose sons and brothers face brothers as the two gunmen become involved in the fighting.

Ben Raines takes his Rebel army to Ireland to fight warlord Jack Hunt's mercenaries. As new enemies reinforce Hunt's forces, Raines must weigh his soldiers' survival against the lives of civilians caught in the campaign.

Demonic forces emerge in LaGrange, Louisiana, bringing killings and chaos to the backwoods town. Veterinarian Link Donovan and Sheriff Ray Ingalls gather local allies to confront the evil released by wealthy residents meddling with supernatural powers.

Jake Silver is a gifted man scarred by his father's cruelty and hungry for revenge. Beings from another world offer him power, making his anger the opening for an unsettling alliance with forces he doesn't understand.

Preacher agrees to guide a wagon train of women west, but Victor Bedell's gang follows with plans for kidnapping and exploitation. Protecting the travelers becomes a fight against men willing to shoot him to get their way.

Swarming vampire bats descend on the southern United States and begin feeding on people. As their numbers grow from hundreds to thousands, those facing the attacks must find a way to stop a threat no one understands.

After nuclear war, Ben Raines is working to rebuild America when a huge neo-Nazi army advances from South America. His Rebels must confront the invading force before it can destroy the fragile society they're trying to restore.

Kidnapped as a child and raised among the Shawnee, Jamie MacAllister later escapes to a Kentucky settlement. His growing bond with Kate Olmstead and clashes with powerful enemies push the young couple toward a dangerous life farther west.

Jesus Mendoza Hoffman's army spreads violence across North America, overwhelming Ben Raines's Rebels. When Hoffman captures their leader and demands surrender, Raines's followers must attempt a rescue before their movement and its hopes are destroyed.

A family reunion turns dangerous when Preacher clashes with local bullies and is accused of killing a wealthy landowner. A large bounty follows him back to the mountains, bringing a small army of hunters after him.

Smoke Jensen travels to Mexico when two old friends need help dealing with an outlaw's crime spree. The gunfighter's loyalty draws him into their trouble, putting his frontier skills against a criminal threatening their lives.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves stop in a Colorado mining town and intervene when an unarmed man is whipped. Their refusal to look away pulls them into a violent struggle over land, claims, and mineral rights.

While fighting slavers and cannibals in Hawaii, Ben Raines learns that a neo-Nazi army is advancing toward America. His capture leaves the outnumbered Rebels facing an enemy determined to destroy both their leader and their cause.

Accused of a rancher's murder, Smoke Jensen faces a New Mexico jail cell and a lynch mob. To expose the killers, he must escape and win the trust of the widow whose land is at risk.

Ben Raines's Rebels are asked to bring order beyond North America after their campaigns at home. With international recognition at stake, they take on a European mission against gangs and cannibals, insisting on fighting their own way.

In Snake Creek, Texas, outlaw King Petty rules through violence and seizes the widow of a man he has killed. Sam Two Wolves intervenes, drawing him and Matt Bodine into a fight against Petty's gang.

Frontiersman Jamie MacCallister moves through the Texas battlegrounds, Colorado mountains, and California goldfields. Joining Kit Carson on an army expedition toward the Pacific, he faces a changing West where opportunity and greed bring new dangers.

Detectives Leo Franks and Lani Prejean investigate grisly murders of young women in California. A local radio station's subliminal messages may be drawing victims toward danger, while the rising death toll challenges their hunt for the killer.

Smoke Jensen travels to Boston with his wife, giving enemies an opportunity to pursue plans for a criminal empire in the Rockies. When she is kidnapped, Smoke must fight on unfamiliar streets to protect her.

Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves accept Texas Ranger badges to help fight outlaws around San Angelo. Cattle thieves strike with dynamite, sending the blood brothers after a gang fleeing toward the Mexican border.

Ben Raines positions his outnumbered Rebels against federal forces threatening their rebuilt nation. As the fighting begins, danger emerges from within his own ranks, making loyalty as important as firepower to their survival.

An outlaw Preacher drove away years earlier returns with a gang bent on revenge. Their violence also threatens a wider conflict with Native Americans, leaving Preacher and his friends facing enemies on multiple sides.

Darry Ransom seeks peace in the Idaho wilderness after centuries of life. Authorities regard the fiercely independent wanderer as a threat, turning his refuge into a hunting ground where he must resist capture and survive.

Smoke Jensen follows a troubling message to San Francisco, where a woman he once rescued has died. Investigating powerful interests in the goldfields, he gathers people threatened by their plans to seize control of valuable land.

Preacher encounters Nova Roma, a would-be empire whose fanatical leader commands an army in the frontier wilderness. With fellow mountain men and an Arapaho ally beside him, he must resist its dangerous ambitions.

Deputy Cole Younger and reporter Katti Baylor investigate hundreds of disappearances along Route 61. Entering a seemingly vanished rockabilly club, they encounter a mystery whose dangers extend far beyond the music playing inside.

Escaped convict Ralph Tinsdale assembles a large force to take revenge on Smoke Jensen. With a bounty on Smoke's head and his wife caught in a trap, the mountain man must confront enemies prepared for him.

Jamie MacCallister's family is divided by the Civil War, with sons fighting on opposing sides. Leading Confederate fighters into battle, he must contend with a nation at war and an enemy determined to pursue him afterward.

Divorced businessman and former paratrooper Larry Baldwin returns to Georgia to rebuild his life. There he meets Cody West, an orphan whose honesty has made enemies, and their differences become part of an unexpected relationship.

Europe faces a new Reich under neo-Nazi leader Bruno Bottger while America struggles to recover from catastrophe. Ben Raines and his Rebels must confront a force that the remaining European powers cannot stop.

A prophet urges the Blackfoot toward war against white settlers, promising a dangerous vision of their future. Preacher sets out to expose him as a fraud before his followers are led into a massacre.

Ben Raines has helped rebuild a shattered America, but opponents threaten the society he established. As renewed civil war spreads violence through the Tri-States, his Rebel Army must struggle to hold the nation together.

Smoke Jensen stops in Muddy Gap while driving a valuable herd north and attracts a ruthless gang. Fleeing into Montana brings another threat, trapping him between pursuing outlaws and approaching Cheyenne warriors.

Immortal shapeshifter Barry Cantrell settles in the Arkansas Ozarks, hoping for a quieter life. Political conspiracies, violent confrontations, and another immortal in the area draw him into danger that threatens both his refuge and those around him.

Violence spreads across America while ghostly rock music accompanies the chaos. Former deputy Cole Younger travels with a priest, an ex-Marine, and a woman, seeking answers while trying to survive a country tearing itself apart.

After his wife is murdered, Jamie MacCallister pursues the Miles Nelson gang with his sons. Their search for justice carries them from Atlantic City into the Colorado Rockies and toward the dangers of Little Big Horn.

Ben Raines and his Rebels advance into southern Africa in pursuit of Bruno Bottger's neo-Nazi forces. Their campaign confronts an army threatening to extend its rule and turn a devastated region into a new Reich.

A Vietnam veteran and a woman trained in military intelligence join a caravan escaping a burning city. Traveling north through gunfire, they face a new American revolution that turns survival into an escalating armed struggle.

Religious leader Simon Border labels Ben Raines the Antichrist and directs his followers toward war. Raines and the SUSA Rebels must counter a dangerous plan fueled by people willing to obey Border without question.