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Wilderness Books in Order

Wilderness contains 85 books, published between 1990 and 2021. The first book is King of the Mountain (1990) and the newest is A Slight Folly (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
85
Published
1990–2021
Confirmed
6 of 85 titles
Pages on record
13,778 in 69 of 85 books
Reading time
230–344 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,778 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 69 of 85 titles with a page count on record.

See all 85 books in order Printable Wilderness checklist

Wilderness is a frontier western series following Nathaniel King in the Rocky Mountains. The series holds 85 books published between 1990 and 2021, opening with King of the Mountain (1990). David Robbins is credited on 71 of them, Sara Donati on 6 including Into the Wilderness and Lake in the Clouds, Pamela Ackerson on 5 and Elizabeth Harris on 3. Frontier and pioneer life, Mohawk characters and mountain survival carry the books, at a median of 175 pages. The series is dormant.

How many Wilderness books are there?

Wilderness has 85 books, released between 1990 and 2021.

Wilderness Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 85 Wilderness 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.

  1. Cover of King of the Mountain by David Robbins, book 1 of the Wilderness series (1990)
  2. Cover of Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati, book 1 of the Wilderness series (1998)
  3. Cover of Lure of the Wild by David Robbins, book 2 of the Wilderness series (1991)
  4. Cover of Singing in the Wilderness by Elizabeth Harris, book 2 of the Wilderness series (1998)
  5. Cover of Dawn on a Distant Shore by Sara Donati, book 2 of the Wilderness series (2000)
  6. Cover of Savage Rendezvous by David Robbins, book 3 of the Wilderness series (1991)
  7. Cover of Lake in the Clouds by Sara Donati, book 3 of the Wilderness series (2002)
  8. Cover of Blood Fury by David Robbins, book 4 of the Wilderness series (1991)
  9. Cover of Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati, book 4 of the Wilderness series (2004)
  10. Cover of Queen of Swords by Sara Donati, book 5 of the Wilderness series (2006)
  11. Cover of Out of the Wilderness by Pamela Ackerson, book 5 of the Wilderness series (2016)
  12. Cover of Vengeance Trail by David Robbins, book 6 of the Wilderness series (1991)
  13. Cover of The Endless Forest by Sara Donati, book 6 of the Wilderness series (2009)
  14. Cover of Black Powder Justice by David Robbins, book 7 of the Wilderness series (1991)
  15. Cover of Death Hunt by David Robbins, book 8 of the Wilderness series (1992)
  16. Cover of Mountain Devil by David Robbins, book 9 of the Wilderness series (1992)
  17. Cover of Apache Blood by David Robbins, book 12 of the Wilderness series (1992)
  18. Cover of Mountain Manhunt by David Robbins, book 13 of the Wilderness series (1993)
  19. Cover of Tenderfoot by David Robbins, book 14 of the Wilderness series (1993)
  20. Cover of Winterkill by David Robbins, book 15 of the Wilderness series (1993)
  21. Cover of Blood Truce by David Robbins, book 16 of the Wilderness series (1993)
  22. Cover of Mountain Cat by David Robbins, book 18 of the Wilderness series (1994)
  23. Cover of Iron Warrior by David Robbins, book 19 of the Wilderness series (1994)
  24. Cover of Wolf Pack by David Robbins, book 20 of the Wilderness series (1995)
  1. 1
    King of the Mountain1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  2. 1
    A Good Man's Love1996 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996288
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  3. 1
    Into the Wilderness1998 · 876 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998876
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  4. 1
    Across the Wilderness2014 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014128
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  5. 2
    Lure of the Wild1991 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991176
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  6. 2
    Singing in the Wilderness1998 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998384
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  7. 2
    Dawn on a Distant Shore2000 · confirmed 3/4
    2000–
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  8. 2
    Into the Wilderness2015 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015136
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  9. 3
    Savage Rendezvous1991 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991175
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  10. 3
    Lake in the Clouds2002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  11. 3
    Wilderness Bound2015 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015134
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  12. 3
    A Slight Folly2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  13. 4
    Blood Fury1991 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991176
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  14. 4
    Fire Along the Sky2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  15. 4
    Warriors of the Wilderness2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  16. 5
    Tomahawk Revenge1991 · 174 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991174
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  17. 5
    Queen of Swords2006 · 564 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006564
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  18. 5
    Out of the Wilderness2016 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016148
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  19. 6
    Vengeance Trail1991 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991175
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  20. 6
    The Endless Forest2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  21. 7
    Black Powder Justice1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  22. 8
    Death Hunt1992 · 171 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992171
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  23. 9
    Mountain Devil1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992320
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  24. 10
    Blackfoot Massacre1992 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992170
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  25. 11
    Northwest Passage1992 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992170
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  26. 12
    Apache Blood1992 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992170
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  27. 13
    Mountain Manhunt1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993176
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  28. 14
    Tenderfoot1993 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993170
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  29. 15
    Winterkill1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993176
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  30. 16
    Blood Truce1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993176
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Do you have to read Wilderness books in order?

You should read the Wilderness books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Wilderness book also stands alone.

Where to start with Wilderness

Start with King of the Mountain (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Wilderness book?

A Slight Folly (2021) is the newest Wilderness book released so far.

Is there a new Wilderness book coming?

No next Wilderness book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Wilderness at a glance

Paused
No new Wilderness title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Wilderness books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
13,778 pages across the 69 of 85 books with a recorded length, a median of 175 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wilderness books, 38 of 85, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 85 titles, 71 are credited to David Robbins, 6 to Sara Donati, 5 to Pamela Ackerson and 3 to Elizabeth Harris.

What the Wilderness books are about

57 of the 85 Wilderness books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: westerns is tagged on 30 of 57. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Westerns 30 of 57 books
  • Frontier Fiction 14 of 57 books
  • Westerns - General 14 of 57 books
  • Nathaniel King (Fictitious character) 9 of 57 books
  • Rocky Mountains 9 of 57 books
  • Frontier and pioneer life 8 of 57 books
  • Historical fiction 5 of 57 books
  • History 4 of 57 books
  • Mohawk Indians 3 of 57 books
  • Family life 2 of 57 books

Characters in the Wilderness books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Other series by David Robbins

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.