Books 1 Through 7
The World Before the Road
Caleb Wade doesn't get to be angry about the missed calls once he finally hears the voicemail: his aunt Janet is missing, and the house he grew up spending summers in has burned to the studs. He and his younger brothers, Miles and Dex, arrive to find one thing the fire spared: a 1976 GMC RV Janet left running, packed, and waiting for them. It's the last ordinary night any of them will have for a long time.
The Session Player
Nashville is supposed to be a stopover, not a stop. Instead the Palm Beach parks itself outside a Music Row studio where a producer's contracts are quietly draining something out of every artist who signs one, and a guarded session singer named Lyric knows exactly why. The Wade brothers are about to learn that not every monster on this road wears fangs.
The Honey Trap
A diner with a full parking lot at three in the morning on a Tuesday should be the first warning sign, but the coffee's perfect, the jukebox never skips, and nobody wants to leave. That's exactly the problem. Underneath the owner's easy hospitality is something that's been feeding on her regulars for a decade, and the Wades have to decide what it costs to take that comfort away from people who never knew they needed saving.
The Hollow Between Worlds
Deep inside Mammoth Cave, an entire tour group has vanished into a passage that, according to the official survey map, doesn't exist. Dex feels something down there reaching for him specifically, and what the family finds at the end of that pull is the first real proof their aunt is still alive. It's also the closest they come to losing each other trying to reach her.
Deeper Into the Dark
A Quiet Thanksgiving
After the cave, the Wades want exactly one holiday that doesn't try to kill anyone. Something living in the RV's pantry has other plans, and a small, stubborn nuisance turns dinner prep into its own kind of chaos. It's the gentlest book in the series so far, and maybe the one this family needs most.
Road Hazard
A stretch of Missouri highway has claimed four drivers in fourteen months, every death ruled driver error, every case connected by one name nobody was supposed to notice. When the Palm Beach breaks down in front of a roadside garage, the family meets a mechanic who can hear exactly what's wrong with their RV, and exactly what's wrong with that road. Some jobs come looking for you.
Static
Three bodies land on a Memphis medical examiner's table with hearts that are intact and somehow completely empty. What starts as an impossible cause of death pulls the Wades from the morgue to a revival tent where something is harvesting more than souls, and Caleb has to choose between the fast way and the right way to stop it. Not every ally they find wants to come along for the rest of the drive.
Follow the Journey
Discover background dossiers, genealogical logs, and craft notes connected to the Wade family narrative.