David Wood

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  • Bibliography:
    100 Books (11 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1971
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Bones Bonebrake Adventures

1 - Primitive (Nov-2015)
2 - The Book of Bones (Sep-2016)
3 - Skin and Bones (Nov-2018)
4 - Lost City (Aug-2020)
5 - Alamo Gold (Sep-2021)

The Brock Stone Adventures

1 - Arena of Souls (Nov-2014)
2 - Track of the Beast (Feb-2021)

A Dane Maddock Adventure

1 - Dourado (May-2004)
2 - Cibola (Mar-2009)
3 - Quest (Jul-2011)
4 - Icefall (Dec-2011)
5 - Buccaneer (Nov-2012)
6 - Atlantis (Dec-2013)
7 - Ark (Aug-2015)
8 - Xibalba (Jan-2017)
9 - Loch (Jul-2017)
10 - Solomon Key (Jan-2018)
11 - Contest (Jun-2019)
12 - Serpent (Nov-2020)
13 - Eden Quest (Jun-2022)

Dane Maddock Origins

1 - Freedom (Jan-2014)
2 - Hell Ship (Jan-2014)
3 - Splashdown (Apr-2014)
4 - Dead Ice (Jul-2014)
5 - Liberty (Sep-2014)
6 - Electra (Dec-2014)
7 - Amber (Jul-2015)
8 - Justice (Feb-2016)
9 - Treasure of the Dead (May-2016)
10 - Bloodstorm (Apr-2019)

Dane Maddock Elementals

1 - Outpost (Aug-2018)
2 - Arcanum (Sep-2018)
3 - Magus (Nov-2018)

A Dane Maddock Destination Adventure

1 - Destination: Rio (Jul-2018)
2 - Destination: Luxor (Jul-2018)
3 - Destination: Sofia (Dec-2019)

Dane Maddock Universe

1 - Berserk (Jul-2018)
2 - The Tomb (Aug-2018)
3 - Brainwash (Sep-2018)
4 - Cavern (Oct-2018)
5 - Devil's Face (Jul-2018)
6 - Herald (Dec-2018)
7 - Maug (Feb-2019)
8 - Shasta (Feb-2020)

A Dunn Kelly Mystery

You Suck (Jan-2013)

Hunter

1 - Legend (Dec-2012)
2 - Hunter (Jul-2016)
3 - Guardian (Aug-2016)

A Jade Ihara Adventure

1 - Oracle (Sep-2014)
2 - Changeling (Nov-2015)

Mole

Mole's Summer Story (Jun-1997)
Mole's Winter Story (Oct-1998)

Book List in Order: 100 titles

  • Phantom Killer of the Flying M

  • Writing the Future

  • Happy Birthday, Mouse!

  • Philosophers' Poets

    "Philosopher's Poets" is a collection of case studies of philosophers' readings of poets and other distinctive writers. There are those who find literary examples ways of exploring the concrete significance of philisophical assertions or distinctions...

  • Pop-up Theater Cinderella

    An easily manipulated and self-contained pop-up theater comes with five stand-up characters, props, two backdrops, four scenery changes, two special-effects moving features, and a booklet of the story in rhyming verse....

  • Bedtime Story: A Slip-in-the-Slot Book

    A novelty book in which small children can participate in the story. The reader can pop Mole out of the special slot on the front page and move him from page to page, bed to bed, to finally find his own bed and go to sleep....

  • Mole's Summer Story

    Mole

    On holiday at the seaside, Mole is about to join his friends on a boat trip, when his hat blows away! Slide Mole through the slot in each picture - under deckchairs, through ice-cream stalls, to help Mole find his spotty sun-hat. Another illustrated ...

  • Silly Spider!

    There's a silly spider in the bathroom! Look, he's behind the soap! Now he's crawling on my toothbrush! This is a pop-in-the-slot and lift-the-flap adventure, designed to encourage participation by young children....

  • Mole's Winter Story

    Mole

    A pop-in-the-slot adventure for Mole, who comes to the rescue when the mice are snowed in. But there are so many drifts, that it takes him a while to find them and he bumps into a lot of other friends on the way. When he's finally pushed back to his ...



  • The Toy Cupboard

    Here in the Toy Chest live all the toys, Some are cuddly and some make noise, Some help us learn things, some are just fun - There's something inside to please everyone!

    This action-packed, seven spread book takes readers on a magical tour of a to...

  • Phantom Cat of the Opera

  • Dourado

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 1

    On January 25, 1829, the Portuguese brig Dourado sank off the coast of Indonesia. Lost with the ship was its cargo: half a million dollars and a trove of priceless artifacts from the holy land. One of these lost relics holds the key to an ancient mys...

  • There's a World in My House

  • Under the Bed!

    It's late at night, and Little Bear, unable to sleep, tiptoes into his parents bedroom. He wakes up his father and says, "Dad, there's a monster under the bed!" Naturally, Dad tells Little Bear to go back to sleep, but Little Bear keeps on insisting ...

  • Jack and the Baked Beanstalk

    Jack's mum is furious when he returns from the market with a can of baked beans rather than money in return for their beloved cow. But their luck is about to change, as the beans are magic. This is a comic retelling of a traditional tale....

  • The Little House on Buchanan Street

    This is the story about a charming little house in Spring Lake Village, Michigan. It is written by a Grandpa who wanted his grandchildren to know the true meaning of Christmas. Between the pages each child will learn the history of the holidays as th...

  • Cattleya And Catopsis, The Lost Kitten

    Each chapter is a botany lesson, as the cats, Cattleya and Catopsis, recall their encounters with strange exotic plants on the night they were driven into the gardens during a tropical storm a frightening screech, screech, screech sound. This book is...

  • You Don't Know What You've Got... Tales of Loss and Dispossession

    The more you have, the more you have to lose. This unchangeable truth runs through every human life, whether it's wealth, family, love, or something deeper and more profound. Sometimes it breaks you. Other times it only makes you stronger. In this bo...

  • Cibola

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 2

    1539- In a remote Spanish outpost, one man holds the secret to the greatest treasure and deadliest secret in human history. Utah, Present Day Cave paintings in a newly-discovered Indian site provide evidence that Christ visited the New World. Or do t...



  • Into the Woods

    From the author of the thrillers Cibola and Dourado, this novella is David Wood's first foray into historical fiction. Set against the backdrop of colonial America, Into the Woods is the story of pioneer and patriot Jonathan Wood. Straining against t...

  • A Year In The Life Of The Kingwood Bunnies

    This is a story about a year in the lives of a garden rabbit family living in the beautiful Kingwood Center Gardens in Mansfield, Ohio. Two young bunnies learn about garden plants and trees and how to avoid a mean ole' predator hawk. Featuring the be...

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella is tired of a life of chores, but everything changes when her fairy godmother turns up. But just as she meets her perfect prince, the clock chimes twelve and she has to run. Will this retelling of the traditional fairytale end happily ever...

  • Dark Places- A Gryphonwood Anthology

  • The Zombie-Driven Life: What in the Apocalypse Am I Here For?

    High school nobody Kenan is doing just fine in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, thank you very much, but when his dream girl Katy comes stumbling around the corner, she turns his world upside-down. David Wood's first foray into young adult fiction...

  • Quest

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 3

    149 B.C.- Escaping just ahead of the invading Roman legions, a Carthaginian soldier carries an ancient secret to places unknown.
    1925- Percy Fawcett launches his final expedition into the Amazon, but what is his true objective?
    Dane Maddock...

  • Pieces of My Heart

  • Playing at Home

  • Balance

    What would you do if you had the power?Detective Dan Lake has been given the power to heal. The problem is, whatever condition he takes away must then be given to someone else, or else Dan dies. This dark thriller short story from the best-selling au...

  • Joe the Callaway Crow

    This is the story of Joe, the pet crow, who lives on a farm at the edge of the beautiful Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain Georgia and Goldie the lovely rare tropical butterfly, who lives in the famous Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Joe's curiosity a...



  • Icefall

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 4

    When the bones of the Magi are stolen from their resting place in a German cathedral, the whispered words of a dying priest catapult Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake into the midst of a deadly race to solve a centuries-old conspiracy. Danger lurks at...

  • The Porridge Pincher

    When the Three Bears leave their house for a walk, a young girl named Goldilocks appears and is drawn in to the house by the smell of hot porridge. But what happens when the bears return and find their porridge is gone? This fun rhyming play by th...

  • Buccaneer

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 5

    For more than two centuries the Oak Island Money Pit has baffled researchers and foiled treasure hunters, and when Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake take up the search, they get much more than they bargained for. Danger lies at every turn as they sear...

  • Legend

    Hunter - 1

    An epic adventure which captures the wild beauty of the natural world of wolves, as well as the tainted and complex world of men and, through the inward search of its haunted main character, mingles them together in a tale fraught with terror and ten...

  • You Suck

    A Dunn Kelly Mystery

    Dunn Kelly hardly ever has a problem covering for his alcoholic father. As the only Special Populations detective on the police force, his dad's responsibilities usually consist of freeing zombies tangled in turnstiles, checking rabies tags on werewo...

  • Dark Rite

  • Aqua Zombie

    In search of survivors of the zombie apocalypse, teenager Kenan stumbles upon a group of teen refugees sheltering inside an aquarium. But the aquarium hides a darker secret that might mean the end for everyone inside. Aqua Zombie is a short story seq...

  • Dick Whittington and Wondercat

  • Atlantis

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 6

    What is the true story behind the fabled lost continent of Atlantis, and what power did the Atlanteans wield? When archaeologist Sofia Perez unearths the remains of an Atlantean city, she unwittingly gives the Dominion the power to remake the world a...

  • Freedom

    Dane Maddock Origins - 1



  • Hell Ship

    Dane Maddock Origins - 2

  • Splashdown

    Dane Maddock Origins - 3

    1961- Space capsule Liberty Bell 7 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and sinks in what was called an accident. But was it?

    When Navy SEALs Dane Maddock and “Bones” Bonebrake are called upon to find the Liberty Bell 7 and recover its secr...

  • Dead Ice

    Dane Maddock Origins - 4

    From the bestselling authors of Atlantis and Silver!

    Navy SEAL Dane Maddock leads a team of operatives in a race against Russian Spetznaz agents to find a lost nuclear submarine and recover a threat known only as Romanov’s Bane, but the f...

  • Liberty

    Dane Maddock Origins - 5

    September, 1787- A clandestine group of founding fathers gather to debate a decision that could change the fate of America.Once again, Navy SEALs Dane Maddock and “Bones” Bonebrake find themselves pitted against the revolutionary group, The Sons ...

  • Oracle

    A Jade Ihara Adventure - 1

    Sometimes, knowing the future is not enough…. For more than a millennium, the Oracle of Delphi guided kings and conquerors with stunningly accurate visions of the future. But, with the rise of a new God, the Oracle faded from memory. Now, the power...

  • An Englishman in Colombia

    Murder, cocaine, street mugging, bombs and aggressive Amazonian Indians combined with exotic beach resorts and colourful characters make David Wood’s book on Colombia an interesting and adventurous look at the most dangerous and alluring country in...

  • Arena of Souls

    The Brock Stone Adventures - 1

    1931- Brock Stone returns from places unknown to claim an inheritance an unravel a mystery his grandfather left behind. Stone and his companions set off on an action-packed adventure where enemies lurk in the shadows and the past comes to life. Myste...

  • Electra

    Dane Maddock Origins - 6

    1937- Amelia Earhart vanishes somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, giving rise to one of history's most confounding puzzles.When searchers believe they have found the location of Earhart's crash-landing, Navy SEALs Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake are s...

  • Destiny

    On the Texas border, a brutal massacre threatens to ignite a firestorm of violence that will destabilize an already fragile Mexican government and trigger an international crisis that knows no boundaries. The only clue, a cryptic message: The time fo...

  • Spot's Birthday Party

    Adapting the popular Spot books for the stage, David Wood has created an exciting introduction to theatre for small children. Using the simple plot of a birthday party, complete with entertainer, the puppy and his animal friends teach and reflect chi...



  • The Legend of the Fairy Rings

    This is a story about Billy Maize a farmer fairy from the Midwest who is sent to London’s Kew Gardens to attend the Mayday meeting of the Botana Nanas, a fairy tribe that controls all the gardens of the world. They sit on white mushroom seats calle...

  • Amber

    Dane Maddock Origins - 7

    They called it the Eighth Wonder of the World. For more than two hundred years, the world marveled at the fabled Amber Room. And then came the Nazis. Since the second World War, one of the world's most magnificent lost treasures has lain hidden, and ...

  • Ark

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 7

    A Native American artifact points the way to one of the greatest legends in history!

    Archaeologist Dima Zafrani receives a mysterious package containing fragments of an unknown text that proves the existence of the lost Book of Noah. Pursue...

  • Changeling

    A Jade Ihara Adventure - 2

    You can’t always recognize the face of your enemy.Two thousand years ago, the legendary mathematical genius Archimedes was poised on the brink of the greatest discovery in human history when his life was brutally snuffed out. His murder has never b...

  • Primitive

    Bones Bonebrake Adventures - 1

    Some legends are true.It is a myth out of history, spawned by Native American lore and the stories of Spanish Explorers. But what if the legends are true? Former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunter Uriah "Bones" Bonebrake sets off on his first solo adve...

  • Justice

    Dane Maddock Origins - 8

    A lost relic. A pirate’s treasure. A mystery from the time of America’s Founding Fathers.A break-in at Mount Vernon sets Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake on an action-packed search for the lost treasure of the most notorious pirates in history, a...

  • Treasure of the Dead

    Dane Maddock Origins - 9

    Maddock and Bones set off on their first treasure hunting adventure!

    1715- Blown far off course, their treasure-laden ship sinking, a crew of Spanish sailors struggles ashore, only to encounter a horror out of their worst nightmares.

  • Hunter

    Hunter - 2

    An epic adventure which captures the wild beauty of the natural world of wolves, as well as the tainted and complex world of men and, through the inward search of its haunted main character, mingles them together in a tale fraught with terror and ten...

  • Aztlan

    Maddock and Bones go rock climbing in a remote area of the American Southwest and stumble upon a place out of legend that changes their world. *This short story originally appeared as a bonus story in The Dane Maddock Adventures Volume 1, and again...

  • Guardian

    Hunter - 3

    Guardian is the third and final novel in the Hunter trilogy. It is the story of one wolf, Rabbitrunner, becoming the protector of his kind and fighting against the pogrom of men who wish to wipe wolves from the face of the American frontier in ninete...

  • The Book of Bones

    Bones Bonebrake Adventures - 2

    Are there aliens among us?Legends tell of battles with strange beings living under the earth, beings whose origins lie beyond the stars.When Bones Bonebrake finds himself stranded in a small New Mexico town, he comes face-to-face with a local legend ...

  • Captive in Kashmir

    Young Londoners Jim Conway and his beautiful girlfriend, Sushma Das, know that their vacation to India will be the trip of a lifetime. What they don’t know is that their lives could be in danger.

    Jim and Sushma are touring the Taj Mahal ...

  • Xibalba

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 8

  • Mystic

  • Loch

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 9

  • Urban Legend

  • Exile

    Jade Ihara is caught in a centuries old power struggle between a slave cult who believes she might be the incarnation of the goddess of liberty, and a secret cabal with plans for world domination. Can she unravel the mystery of the Cult of Libertas a...

  • Solomon Key

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 10

    The legacy of a kidnapped African warrior turned pirate sets Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake on a collision course with a deadly organization that will stop at nothing to claim the greatest treasure in history. But more than riches are at stake. Ene...

  • Berserk

    Dane Maddock Universe - 1

  • Destination: Luxor

    A Dane Maddock Destination Adventure - 2

    A Pharaoh's curse reaches up from the grave.

    Dane and Bones have traveled to Luxor, Egypt, and the historic Valley of the Kings to explore a sunken subterranean passage that just might lead to the undiscovered tomb of a forgotten Pharaoh. ...

  • Destination: Rio

    A Dane Maddock Destination Adventure - 1

    A madman seeks to unleash the power of the Demon Core and only Dane and Bones stand in his way!

    It’s Carnaval season in Rio de Janeiro, but Dane Maddock and the crew of Sea Foam aren’t in town to party. They’re chasing the rumor of a...

  • Devil's Face

    Dane Maddock Universe - 5

  • Outpost

    Dane Maddock Elementals - 1

  • The Tomb

    Dane Maddock Universe - 2

  • Arcanum

    Dane Maddock Elementals - 2

    A pyramid rising from the Antarctic ice…A mysterious talisman with the power to command the elements…An occult riddle concealing the secret of immortality…And a diabolical enemy bent on destroying anyone who seeks it. A deadly showdown at the e...

  • Brainwash

    Dane Maddock Universe - 3

    "Angel’s been kidnapped."When Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake receive a disturbing message, the two former Navy SEALs set off in hot pursuit. They soon find themselves ensnared in a deadly game where the unexpected lurks around every corner and no...

  • Cavern

    Dane Maddock Universe - 4

    A deadly enemy seeks an ancient power.When an old journal falls into Dane Maddock’s hands, he and Bones Bonebrake find themselves caught up in a search for a lost excavation site and the secret it hides. But the journal holds more than meets the ey...

  • Magus

    Dane Maddock Elementals - 3

  • Skin and Bones

    Bones Bonebrake Adventures - 3

  • Herald

    Dane Maddock Universe - 6

  • Maug

    Dane Maddock Universe - 7

    The curse of a lost continent rises again!A lost island broken by cataclysm and haunted by a dark intelligence broods alone on its bloody past. It is the lost graveyard for fleets of sunken treasure vessels. An irresistible lure for Dane Maddock and ...

  • Bloodstorm

    Dane Maddock Origins - 10

    Twelve years ago, the novel Dourado, by David Wood, introduced the world to the treasure-hunting duo of Dane Maddock and ‘Bones’ Bonebrake -- former Navy SEALs on a quest to discover the strangest treasures of the ancient world. Over the course o...

  • Contest

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 11

    From the USA Today Bestselling author of LOCH and SOLOMON KEY comes a brand new, action-packed Dane Maddock Adventure!A treasure lost in the desert. A notorious unsolved murder. A contest where the stakes are life and death.When treasure hunters Dane...

  • Blue Descent

    Please note: The wrong draft of the book was originally formatted and uploaded for publication. We replaced it with the edited draft as soon as we were made aware. Please accept our apologies for the mistake.A legend of the deep guards the secret to ...

  • Destination: Sofia

    A Dane Maddock Destination Adventure - 3

    Classic adventure for the modern reader!What secrets lie in the depths of Bulgaria’s mysterious Tsarichina Hole? Aliens? Demons? Treasure? It’s up to Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake to solve one of the strangest mysteries of the Twentieth Centur...

  • Shasta

    Dane Maddock Universe - 8

    What waits beneath the mountain?When an old enemy abducts their friend, it's up to former Navy SEALs turned treasure hunters Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake to find him. With the clock ticking and powerful forces standing in their way, can Maddock a...

  • Lost City

    Bones Bonebrake Adventures - 4

    Jurassic Park meets Jungle Cruise in this rollicking adventure! Rick Chesler, author of Golden One A legendary creature guards a lost city of wonders. When a satellite photograph reveals the location of a legendary lost city deep in the Con...

  • Serpent

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 12

    What lurks in the heart of the jungle? High in the Andes, Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake discover a secret prison cell where a Spanish explorer lived out his final days. The words carved into the wall seem like the ravings of a madman, but the...

  • Legends: Tales from the Dane Maddock Universe

    Classic adventure for the modern reader!A vanished island of horrors. An ancient artifact that can change the course of the past.An urban legend come to life.A dangerous game where the stakes are life and death.A perilous expedition into the jungle i...

  • Track of the Beast

    The Brock Stone Adventures - 2

    Indiana Jones meets The Rocketeer in this thrilling, old-school adventure!- Matt James, author of The Forgotten Fortune A beast out of legend guards a deadly secret! When investigative reporter Trinity Page disappears without a trace, Brock...

  • Alamo Gold

    Bones Bonebrake Adventures - 5

    From the USA Today bestselling author of Serpent and Lost City comes Alamo Gold, an action-packed treasure hunt!A lost treasure trove, a historical coverup, one man determined to find the truth... and the gold.Treasure hunter and former Navy SEAL Bon...

  • Golden Dragon

    The literary equivalent of a theme park roller coaster!  Dane Maddock knows it's a bad idea to hitch a ride with a stranger. When the former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunter finds himself stranded in upstate New York in the middle of the wo...

  • The See-Saw Tree

  • Eleven Roses And Other Stories

    Eleven Roses And Other Stories is a collection of short pieces with interesting characters. Meet Donna Lane, whose struggle as a single mother has driven her to a desperate situation. Meet Frank Vodwell, an apparently healthy and sane grandfather wit...

  • Eden Quest

    A Dane Maddock Adventure - 13

    USA Today bestselling author David Wood continues his wildly popular archaeological adventure series featuring former Navy SEAL turned treasure hunter Dane Maddock!There is a world beyond the one we know. And humankind is not welcome.Finding the buri...

  • Emerald Dragon

    Part murder mystery, part pulp adventure, completely thrilling!When his old friend is murdered, Dane Maddock finds himself the prime suspect. To clear his name, Maddock and Bones Bonebrake must find the legendary Bachal Isu, the Staff of Christ. But ...

  • Lair of the Swamp Witch

    Science is real. So is witchcraft. Treasure hunter and former Navy SEAL Bones Bonebrake can't seem to avoid trouble no matter how hard he tries. The search for a missing ghost hunter leads Bones to Burnt Swamp, where, according to legend, a witch and...

  • Thunder Mountain

    An action-packed archaeological adventure!When an archaeologist is murdered in a room locked from the inside, former Navy SEAL Dane Maddock must turn detective and solve the crime. What is the mysterious artifact the man was killed for, and what are ...

  • Curse of the Pharaoh

    The best Brock Stone adventure yet!A pharaoh's curse reaches out from the grave!1932A mysterious artifact hidden by a legendary archaeologist points the way to the tomb of Yineput, the Night Queen. But adventurer Brock Stone and his friends are not t...

  • Desert Gold

    A perilous hunt for a lost Spanish treasure!Trouble and treasure hunts. That's life for former Navy SEALs Dane Maddock and Bones Bonebrake.So, when Maddock discovers the body of a cold case victim beneath a crypt in a Hollywood cemetery, he is not su...

  • Baal

    An action-packed, globe-trotting thriller!King David's lyre wields a great and terrible power. With it, David raised thunderstorms, controlled the beasts of land and sky, and conquered a kingdom. Until it drove him mad. Now, a power-hungry cult leade...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Wood has published 100 books.

David Wood does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Baal, was published in August 2023.

The first book by David Wood, Phantom Killer of the Flying M, was published in January 1971.

Yes. David Wood has 11 series.
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