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Hell Divers Books in Order

by Nicholas Sansbury SmithMystery, Thriller & Suspense

13 books and 2 novellas from Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel (2025) to Hell Divers XII: Heroes (2024). Rated 4.7 across 152,840 listener reviews.

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Burning Skies: A Hell Divers Prequel, Part II

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Into the Storms: A Hell Divers Prequel

Book 0 2025 4.8 (726)

In the shadow of extinction, legends are forged. From the New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes Into the Storms, the untold origin story of humanity’s darkest day.

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Burning Skies: A Hell Divers Prequel, Part II

Novella 0.5 Out October 13, 2026

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Hell Divers

Book 1 2016 4.4 (39.4k)

2016 Audible Editor’s Pick 2016 Audible’s Best in Science Fiction The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series An Audible Top 100 Series of All Time More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion…

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Hell Divers: The Lost Years

Novella 1.5 2024 4.7 (887)

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Hell Divers II: Ghosts

Book 2 2017 4.7 (22.8k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series Betrayal and sacrifice in the skies... Ten years ago, Hell Diver Xavier "X" Rodriguez fell to Earth. Those he left behind went on without him aboard the airship he once called home.

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Hell Divers III: Deliverance

Book 3 2018 4.8 (20.1k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series They will dive, but will humanity survive? Left for dead on the nightmarish surface of the planet, Commander Michael Everhart and his team of Hell Divers barely escape with their lives…

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Hell Divers IV: Wolves

Book 4 2018 4.8 (15.3k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series They dive so humanity survives. Now they take to the sea. In the fourth installment of the award-winning and USA Today best-selling Hell Divers series, the Sea Wolf sets out to search…

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Hell Divers V: Captives

Book 5 2019 4.8 (13.8k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series. Humanity has finally found a new home, but the price is blood.... After a long, perilous journey, Hell Divers Xavier Rodriguez and Magnolia Katib discover the Metal Islands, a sunny,…

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Hell Divers VI: Allegiance

Book 6 2019 4.8 (10.5k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series The war for the Metal Islands is over, but the search for survivors has just begun.

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Hell Divers VII: Warriors

Book 7 2020 4.9 (9.4k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series. While the Hell Divers cross an ocean to battle the machines, an old flesh-and-blood threat returns to the islands.

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Hell Divers VIII: King of the Wastes

Book 8 2021 4.8 (6.4k)

The New York Times and USA Today best-selling series Face the uncertain future without fear.... A year has passed since the Hell Divers defeated the machines at Kilimanjaro.

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Hell Divers IX: Radioactive

Book 9 2022 4.9 (5.8k)

The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series New monsters. New terrain. New threats. Welcome to Australia. The battle for Panama is over, and King Xavier Rodriguez secretly deploys the airship Vanguard to Queensland.

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Hell Divers X: Fallout

Book 10 2023 4.8 (2.2k)

Much is lost, but hope in one man remains . . . In a shocking betrayal, Captain Rolo has vaporized the supercarrier Immortal with a nuclear warhead, all but wiping out the Vanguard army.

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Hell Divers XI: Renegades

Book 11 2023 4.8 (2.6k)

#1 Amazon Bestseller New York Timesand USA Todaybestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith pulls the surviving divers into another heart-stopping adventure in Hell Divers XI: Renegades.

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Hell Divers XII: Heroes

Book 12 2024 4.9 (2.8k)

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith throws the Divers into another action-packed adventure in the final installment of the Hell Divers series. Two final dives.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Hell Divers is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (0.5 comes after book 0). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.