Brian Haig Books in Order

Brian Haig has written 9 books, published between 2001 and 2015. The first book is Secret Sanction (2001) and the newest is The Night Crew (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2001–2015
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
3,328 in 7 of 9 books
Reading time
55–83 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,328 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Sean Drummond, an army lawyer, is the character Brian Haig wrote his thrillers around. Murder trials, Washington scandal and the Iraq war supply the material. Nine books are catalogued: Secret Sanction (2001), Mortal Allies (2002), Private Sector (2003), The Kingmaker (2003), The President's Assassin (2005), Man In The Middle (2007) and further titles through The Night Crew. The catalogue is likely complete.

How many Brian Haig books are there?

Brian Haig has 9 books, released between 2001 and 2015. 7 of them belong to the Sean Drummond series.

Brian Haig Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Brian Haig books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Secret SanctionSean Drummond #12001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001
  2. 2
    Mortal AlliesSean Drummond #22002 · 580 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002580
  3. 3
    The KingmakerSean Drummond #32003 · 484 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003484
  4. 4
    Private SectorSean Drummond #42003 · 511 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003511
  5. 5
    The President's AssassinSean Drummond #52005 · 404 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005404
  6. 6
    Man In The MiddleSean Drummond #62007 · 450 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007450
  7. 7
    The HuntedBrian Haig Standalone Novels #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009
  8. 8
    The Capitol GameBrian Haig Standalone Novels #22010 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010480
  9. 9
    The Night CrewSean Drummond #72015 · 419 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015419

Brian Haig books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Sean Drummond in order

7 books
  1. 1. Secret Sanction
  2. 2. Mortal Allies
  3. 3. The Kingmaker
  4. 4. Private Sector
  5. 5. The President's Assassin
  6. 6. Man In The Middle
  7. 7. The Night Crew

Brian Haig Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Brian Haig books in order?

You only need to read Brian Haig books in order within the Sean Drummond series, which holds 7 of the 9 Brian Haig books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Brian Haig

Start with Secret Sanction (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Brian Haig book?

The Night Crew (2015) is the newest Brian Haig book released so far.

Is there a new Brian Haig book coming?

No next Brian Haig book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Brian Haig at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Brian Haig title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Brian Haig books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,328 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Brian Haig books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2000s.

What the Brian Haig books are about

8 of the 9 Brian Haig books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sean drummond (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.