Don Brown Books in Order

Don Brown has written 14 books, published between 2005 and 2023. The first book is Treason (2005) and the newest is 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2005–2023
Pages on record
3,487 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,487 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Don Brown writes military and legal thrillers drawn from the United States Navy. Navy JAG officer Zack Brewer anchors the Navy Justice series, with courts-martial, submarines, terrorism and international crises supplying the plots. Fourteen books span 2005 to 2023, from Treason and Hostage (2005) through Black Sea Affair, The Malacca Conspiracy and Extortion 17 to 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary (2023). No new title has appeared since.

How many Don Brown books are there?

Don Brown has 14 books, released between 2005 and 2023. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Don Brown Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Don Brown 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
    TreasonZack Brewer/Navy Justice #12005 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005336
  2. 2
    HostageZack Brewer/Navy Justice #22005 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005351
  3. 3
    DefianceZack Brewer/Navy Justice #32007 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007336
  4. 4
    Black Sea AffairZack Brewer/Navy Justice #42008 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008336
  5. 5
    The Malacca ConspiracyZack Brewer/Navy Justice #52010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  6. 6
    Thunder in the Morning CalmPacific Rim #12011 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011330
  7. 7
    Fire of the Raging DragonPacific Rim #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  8. 8
    Extortion 172014 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014304
  9. 9
    Storming the Black IcePacific Rim #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  10. 10
    DestinyZack Brewer/Navy Justice #62014 · 462 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014462
  11. 11
    DetainedNavy JAG #12015 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015416
  12. 12
    Code 13Navy JAG #22016 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016394
  13. 13
    The Last Fighter Pilot2017 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017222
  14. 142023

Don Brown 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.

Zack Brewer/Navy Justice in order

6 books
  1. 1. Treason
  2. 2. Hostage
  3. 3. Defiance
  4. 4. Black Sea Affair
  5. 5. The Malacca Conspiracy
  6. 6. Destiny

Pacific Rim in order

3 books
  1. 1. Thunder in the Morning Calm
  2. 2. Fire of the Raging Dragon
  3. 3. Storming the Black Ice

Standalone books

3 books

3 Don Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Don Brown books in order?

You only need to read Don Brown books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Don Brown

Start with Treason (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Don Brown book?

83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary (2023) is the newest Don Brown book released so far.

Is there a new Don Brown book coming?

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

Don Brown at a glance

Paused
No new Don Brown title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Don Brown books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,487 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Don Brown books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Don Brown books are about

13 of the 14 Don Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.