Reading Order
Dalton Savage
A missing hiker brings Dalton Savage and his team into Colorado’s mountains, where the first suspect is only the beginning of the investigation. Readers who met the sheriff in Rachel Hatch can follow him into a series of his own. Written by L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce, the Dalton Savage books pair local investigations with the demands of a landscape that can make every search more dangerous.
For readers who want a sheriff and his team at the center of the case, with missing people, difficult terrain, and investigations rooted in the communities they serve. A direct next step for Rachel Hatch readers curious about Savage.
Start Here
Start with Savage Grounds, Book 1 of Dalton Savage’s own series. It opens with a disappearance on a hiking trail and gives you the beginning of his numbered reading sequence.
Reading Order
Read Dalton Savage’s books from Savage Grounds onward. The released sequence runs through Savage Season, followed by the upcoming eighth book, Snow Burn.
- Savage GroundsBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Scorched EarthBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Cold SkyBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- The Frost KillerBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Crimson MoonBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Dust DevilBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Savage SeasonBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
- Snow Burn
Upcoming · Expected release June 22, 2027. Release date subject to change; check your chosen edition with the retailer.
Savage Grounds introduces the series through a missing-person investigation and the search that follows into the Colorado mountains. Begin here to follow Savage and his team from the first case on their own reading list. Scorched Earth and Cold Sky continue that opening three-book run.
Readers who know Savage from Rachel Hatch can move to this guide for his separate series numbering. Drift is the first Rachel Hatch novel and includes her work with Sheriff Dalton Savage after she returns home following her sister’s suspicious drowning. That is a genuine character connection; it does not turn the Savage books into additional numbered Hatch novels.
After Cold Sky, continue with The Frost Killer, Crimson Moon, Dust Devil, and Savage Season. The Books 1–3 collection contains the opening three novels, so readers who have finished it should move on to The Frost Killer.
Collections
- The Dalton Savage Series, Books 1-3: Savage Grounds; Scorched Earth; Cold SkyBy L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce
Questions About Dalton Savage
Which Dalton Savage book should I read first?
Start with Savage Grounds, followed by Scorched Earth and Cold Sky. Those three also make up the opening Books 1–3 collection.
Is this the Dalton Savage from Rachel Hatch?
Yes. Sheriff Dalton Savage works with Rachel in Drift and leads this separately numbered series. Visit the Hatch guide if you want to begin with that character introduction.
Who writes Dalton Savage?
L.T. Ryan and Biba Pearce coauthor the Dalton Savage books.