Mountain Man Books in Order
Complete reading order for the Mountain Man series.
How to Read the Mountain Man series
Standalone stories, but characters and relationships develop across the series.
Publication order provides the best experience for the Mountain Man series. Each book has a complete central plot with its own survival challenges and resolutions, yet Gus’s personal journey, key encounters, and the larger state of the world carry forward. Readers who begin with a later volume will miss the foundational events of Gus’s early isolation and first major supply runs, along with the building emotional stakes that deepen later books.
About the Mountain Man series
Series Premise
The Mountain Man series follows Gus as he survives in a post-apocalyptic Canada filled with roaming zombies. From his fortified cabin he makes dangerous supply runs into the ruined city, encounters other survivors, and faces both the undead and the darker side of humanity.
Main Characters
The series centers on Gus, a resourceful and increasingly hardened survivor who relies on his wits and weapons to stay alive. He encounters various other survivors whose alliances and conflicts shape his path.
Setting
The stories take place in a zombie-ravaged Canada, primarily around Gus’s isolated mountain cabin and the nearby abandoned city filled with the undead.
Tone & Themes
The tone is gritty, dark, and realistic with moments of dark humor. Central themes include survival and isolation, the breakdown of society, the struggle to retain humanity, and the thin line between hope and despair.
Is This Series Worth Reading?
This series appeals to readers who enjoy gritty post-apocalyptic survival stories, lone hero narratives, and realistic depictions of life after a zombie outbreak.
Content Warnings and Heat Level
Includes intense violence, gore, and mature themes; suitable for adult readers.
The Mountain Man series offers a raw look at one man’s fight to survive in a dead world. Reading the books in order lets Gus’s evolution and the full scope of his struggles unfold naturally.
FAQ
9 books total: 7 main + 2 extra stories
No new book in the series is currently scheduled. The latest book, Skull Road, was published in July 2023.
Skull Road was published in July 2023.
The first book in the series is Safari, published in April 2012.
The series primarily falls into the Horror genre.
It’s best to read the series in order. Each book has its own story, but ongoing character arcs and relationships develop across the series.
The Mountain Man series follows Gus as he survives in a post-apocalyptic Canada filled with roaming zombies. From his fortified cabin he makes dangerous supply runs into the ruined city, encounters other survivors, and faces both the undead and the darker side of humanity.
The series does not currently have a new book scheduled.