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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Jake Paynter

1 - Dead Man's Hand (Feb-2022)
2 - Devil's Ride West (May-2022)
3 - To the Gates of Hell (Aug-2022)

Shore of Monsters

1 - The Shore of Monsters (Sep-2011)
2 - Fall of Darkness (Feb-2012)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Sixteen-year-old “Cowboy” knows he will die soon " just not when or how. Death is stalking him, making repeated attempts on his life. The boy is an easy target, having lived on the streets nearly all his life with no memory of his real name or ...



  • In the exciting conclusion to The Shore of Monsters, Thomas is missing, having plunged into monster-infested wilderness after believing Sky to be dead, on a mission to ferry critical plague research to the faraway Saints in hopes that combined knowle...



  • In the exciting conclusion to The Shore of Monsters, Thomas is missing, having plunged into monster-infested wilderness after believing Sky to be dead, on a mission to ferry critical plague research to the faraway Saints in hopes that combined knowle...





  • For as long as 18-year-old Crissa can remember, people have locked her away - some well-meaning and some most definitely not! First her parents, who hid her unusual face from the prying eyes of strangers, and then a violent man who murdered her mothe...



  • Ellie is so upset and hurt when she is turned away from the big white hospital because she is a black-and-tan dachshund. Ellie thinks about it and says, “I cannot give up and let this problem continue.” So she goes to her sister, Maggie, and her ...



  • An action-packed historical western for fans of William Johnstone and Louis L'Amour.Condemned to die, he's about to find a reason to live.Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil W...



  • Author David Nix writes an action-packed, authentic historical western series featuring:•A former soldier with a target on his back•A slew of bounty hunters determined to claim their prize•A ruthless detective who wants to see Jake pay•A brea...



  • Fans of William Johnstone and Ralph Compton will love this action-packed historical western featuring a lone gunman and the people he's tasked with protecting.Jake Paynter escaped the noose, but the price of salvation is pain.Since reluctantly accept...






  • Shakespeare is a woman–three women, in fact, who hire a footloose actor as the face of their writing. When they become suspects in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, their secret identity is suddenly at risk–along with the queen’s life...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Nix has published 10 books.

The next book by David Nix, Shadow Sisters, will be published in August 2025.

The first book by David Nix, Down the Dead Road, was published in June 2011.

Yes. David Nix has 2 series.