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Ryan Schow Books in Order
David James Schow is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. His credits include films such as Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Crow and The Hills Run Red. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote Raving & Drooling, a regular column for Fangoria magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book Wild Hairs (2000), winning the International Horror Guild Award for best non-fiction in 2001.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Ryan Schow's book series? Ryan Schow has written 9 book series. The most notable is the Abandon series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Ryan Schow
- #1
These Times of Abandon(2020) - #2
These Times of Retribution(2020) - #3
These Times of Cessation(2020) - #4
These Times of Sedition(2021) - #5
These Times of Insurrection(2021)
- #1
The Tears of Odessa(2020) - #2
The Beasts of Juarez(2021) - #3
The Betrayal of Prague(2021) - #4
The Devil In Cologne(2022) - #5
The Butcher of Caracas(2022) - #6
The Martyr of Nogales(2023) - #7
The Cape Town Massacre(2024)
- #1
Dark Days of the After(2019) - #2
Dark Days of the Surge(2020) - #3
Dark Days of the Apostasy(2020) - #4
Dark Days of the Enclave(2020) - #5
Dark Days of the Purge(2020) - #6
The Last Light of Day(2020)
- #1
The Blinding Light(2024) - #2
The 34 in the Floor(2024) - #3
The Sight Unseen(2024) - #4
The Broken Girl(2025) - #5
The Murder Society(2025) - #6
The Girl With No Tomorrow(2025) - #7
The Place of Many Trees(2025) - #8
The Cold Quiet Everywhere(2025) - #9
Where Darkness Clings to Bone(2025) - #10
The Choir of Empty Houses(2025) - #11
The Shockwave Manifesto(2026)
- #1
The Burning Hollow(2022) - #2
The Ashes of the Unknown(2022) - #3
A Confluence of Tyrants(2022) - #4
The Resurgence of Patriots(2023) - #5
A Cold Reckoning(2023) - #6
A Pound of Flesh: Sunset on America(2023)
- #1Vannie(2017)
- #2
Swann(2017) - #3
Monarch(2017) - #4
Clone(2017) - #5
Masochist(2018) - #6
Weapon(2018) - #7Raven(2018)
- #8
Abomination(2019) - #9
Enigma(2019) - #10Crucified(2019)
- #1
The Age of Embers(2019) - #2
The Age of Hysteria(2019) - #3
The Age of Reprisal(2019) - #4
The Age of Exodus(2019) - #5
The Age of Defiance(2019)
- #1
The Last War(2017) - #2
The Zero Hour(2018) - #3
The Ophidian Horde(2018) - #4
The Infernal Regions(2018) - #5
The Killing Fields(2018) - #6
The Barbarous Road(2018) - #7
The Terminal Run(2018)
- #1
Population Zero(2021) - #2
Population Zero: Book 2(2021) - #3
Population Zero: Book 3(2021)
About Ryan Schow
David James Schow is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. His credits include films such as Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Crow and The Hills Run Red. Most of Schow's work falls into the subgenre splatterpunk, a term he is sometimes credited with coining. In the 1990s, Schow wrote Raving & Drooling, a regular column for Fangoria magazine. All 41 installments were collected in the book Wild Hairs (2000), winning the International Horror Guild Award for best non-fiction in 2001.
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