🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Jake Bible
Author Jake Bible was born in Bellevue, Washington and writes horror and science fiction. He hosts a writing podcast. Jake found that individual drabbles could be moved around in order to control the pacing and the timing of a narrative to tell a bigger story. This allowed him to invent the Drabble novel. He has written the “ScarScapes” series, the “Mega” series, the “Roak: Galactic Bounty Hunter” series, the “Reign of Four” series, the “Apex” series, and the “Z-Burbia” series. Jake Bible was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel category in the year 2015. “Z-Burbia” is the first novel in the “Z-Burbia” series, which was released in the year 2013.
All Book Series by Jake Bible
Max Rage: Twelve Punches To Mars!
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018
Legend
Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 2018 Anthology · Christopher Woods
Luck is Not a Factor
Book 6 of 14 · published 2018 Anthology · Paul E. Cooley,Jamie Ibson,Chris Kennedy,Mark Wandrey,Rob Howell,J.R. Handley,Thomas A. Mays,Christopher Woods,Jon R. Osborne,Joseph Capdepon,Lee Dunning
Hope is Not a Strategy
Book 8 of 14 · published 2019 Anthology · Josh Hayes,Craig Martelle,Kevin McLaughlin,A.K. DuBoff,Chris Kennedy,Mark Wandrey,Terry Mixon,Scott Moon,Jonathan P. Brazee,Chris Fox,Kevin Steverson
With Your Shield
Book 10 of 14 · published 2019 Anthology · Chris Kennedy,Alex Rath
Negotiation
Book 13 of 14 · published 2019 Anthology · Jody Lynn Nye,Kacey Ezell,Marisa Wolf,Jamie Ibson,Mark Wandrey,Terry Mixon,Jonathan P. Brazee,D.J. Butler,Jon R. Osborne,Joseph Capdepon
Jim Cartwright: Raknar Quest
Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2019 Anthology · Mark Wandrey
Farrago: The Michael Bekemeyer Project
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2010
Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2018
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Jake Bible?
Author Jake Bible was born in Bellevue, Washington and writes horror and science fiction. He hosts a writing podcast. Jake found that individual drabbles could be moved around in order to control the pacing and the timing of a narrative to tell a bigger story.
Which Jake Bible series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Apex Trilogy series, the earliest of Jake Bible's multi-book series: it opens with Dead Mech (2009) and runs to 3 books across 2009–2012, ending with Metal and Ash (2012). Jake Bible's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jake Bible written?
Jake Bible has 90 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2025. 72 of them belong to 22 named series — the largest being the Z-Burbia series with 7 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jake Bible's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jake Bible's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Apex Trilogy (2009–2012, 3 books), Stark, Rash, Done (2012, 1 book) and Z-Burbia (2013–2016, 7 books), plus 18 more.
How are Jake Bible's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jake Bible's 90 books into 22 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Z-Burbia (7 books, 2013–2016); Mega (6 books, 2013–2017); ScareScapes (6 books, 2015); Out Of The Earth (4 books, 2022); Reign Of Four (4 books, 2015), plus 17 further series.