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The Way of Dan Books in Order

by Franklin HortonScience Fiction & Fantasy

5 books from Burning Down Boise (2020) to The Rotten Belly Society (2025). Rated 4.7 across 4,436 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Burning Down Boise

    Book 1 2020 4.7 (1.7k)

    Sometimes the story of an apocalypse isn’t one of tragedy, but one of opportunity.... Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. The Path of Water

    Book 2 2021 4.8 (1.1k)

    After an EMP strands Dan in Boise, he escapes to the Idaho mountains with his new friend, Holly. She's not entirely sure what she's gotten herself into. She's straight-laced, pragmatic, and comes from a law enforcement background.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. Boondock Pilgrims

    Book 3 2022 4.7 (881)

    Just when Dan and Holly think things can't get any stranger, a terrifying new presence arrives in their community. Faces smudged with ash. Bodies decorated with mysterious symbols. Crude hides for clothing.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. The Oracle

    Book 4 2022 4.7 (478)

    As summer winds down in the mountains of Idaho, Dan and his group are preparing for a long winter in their hardened underground home.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. The Rotten Belly Society

    Book 5 2025 4.9 (292)

    The Rotten Belly Society was an order that existed among some Native Americans tribes of the Great Plains. The members of this society were compelled by powerful visions to devote their lives to being contrarians.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Way of Dan is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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