Black Tide Rising Books in Order
Black Tide Rising contains 15 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Under a Graveyard Sky (2013) and the newest is Perdition's Storm (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 2013–2025
- Confirmed
- 15 of 15 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,001 in 11 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 67–100 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,001 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Black Tide Rising is a science fiction series whose subjects include zombies, airborne infection, survival, the end of the world, Marines, the US Navy and a cruise ship. John Ringo is credited on 10 of its 15 books, Charles E. Gannon on 2, and Jason Cordova and Robert E. Hampson on 1 each, with one title uncredited. Under a Graveyard Sky (2013) opens the series, To Sail a Darkling Sea and Strands of Sorrow followed in 2014, and Perdition's Storm (2025) is the latest.
How many Black Tide Rising books are there?
Black Tide Rising has 15 books, released between 2013 and 2025.
Black Tide Rising Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Black Tide Rising books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Under a Graveyard Sky2013 · 367 pages · confirmed 3/420133673/4
- 2To Sail a Darkling Sea2014 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/420143743/4
- 3Islands of Rage & Hope2014 · 405 pages · confirmed 3/420144053/4
- 4Strands of Sorrow2014 · 343 pages · confirmed 3/420143433/4
- 5Black Tide Rising2016 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420164163/4
- 6The Valley of Shadows2018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420184003/4
- 7Voices of the Fall2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/420193363/4
- 8River of Night2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/420193843/4
- 9At the End of the World2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/420202723/4
- 10At the End of the Journey2021 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/420214003/4
- 11We Shall Rise2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420213043/4
- 12United We Stand2024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
- 13Mountain of Fire2024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
- 14Across an Ocean of Stars2025 · confirmed 3/42025–3/4
- 15Perdition's Storm2025 · confirmed 3/42025–3/4
Do you have to read Black Tide Rising books in order?
You should read the Black Tide Rising books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Black Tide Rising book also stands alone.
Where to start with Black Tide Rising
Start with Under a Graveyard Sky (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Black Tide Rising book?
Perdition's Storm (2025) is the newest Black Tide Rising book released so far.
Is there a new Black Tide Rising book coming?
No next Black Tide Rising book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Black Tide Rising at a glance
- Still running
- Black Tide Rising is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Black Tide Rising books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,001 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Black Tide Rising books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 15 titles, 10 are credited to John Ringo, 2 to Charles E. Gannon, 1 to Jason Cordova and 1 to Robert E. Hampson. One title carries no credit.
What the Black Tide Rising books are about
10 of the 15 Black Tide Rising books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 4 of 10 books
- Survival 4 of 10 books
- Science fiction 3 of 10 books
- Zombies 3 of 10 books
- End of the world 2 of 10 books