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Grant Blackwood Books in Order

Grant Blackwood has written 7 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is The End of Enemies (2001) and the newest is The 9th Man / The Ninth Man (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Grant Blackwood also publishes as David Michaels.

Books
7
Published
2001–2023
Confirmed
3 of 7 titles
Pages on record
2,511 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,511 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Grant Blackwood is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter from Austin, Minnesota, born on June 7, 1964. Blackwood wrote the Briggs Tanner series, and the catalogue holds 7 books running from The End of Enemies (2001) to The 9th Man (2023). Spartan Gold, co-written with Clive Cussler, reached number 10 on the New York Times hardcover fiction list. Blackwood is a United States Navy veteran who spent three years as an Operations Specialist and pilot rescue swimmer aboard a guided missile frigate. Subjects on the books include espionage, intelligence officers, biological weapons and terrorism, and Jack Ryan and John Clark are listed as characters.

How many Grant Blackwood books are there?

Grant Blackwood has 7 books, released between 2001 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Briggs Tanner series.

Grant Blackwood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Grant Blackwood 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. Cover of The End of Enemies by Grant Blackwood, book 1 of the Briggs Tanner series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Wall of Night by Grant Blackwood, book 2 of the Briggs Tanner series (2002)
  3. Cover of An Echo of War by Grant Blackwood, book 3 of the Briggs Tanner series (2003)
  4. Cover of Under Fire by Grant Blackwood, book 20 of the Jack Ryan Universe series (2015)
  5. Cover of Duty and Honor by Grant Blackwood, book 22 of the Jack Ryan Universe series (2016)
  6. Cover of The 9th Man / The Ninth Man by Grant Blackwood, book 1 of the Luke Daniels series (2023)
  1. 1
    The End of EnemiesBriggs Tanner #12001 · 600 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001600
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  2. 2
    The Wall of NightBriggs Tanner #22002 · 569 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002569
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  3. 3
    An Echo of WarBriggs Tanner #32003 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003412
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  4. 4
    Under FireJack Ryan Universe #202015 · 505 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015505
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  5. 5
    Duty and HonorJack Ryan Universe #222016 · 425 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016425
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Sacrificial Lion2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  7. 7
    The 9th Man / The Ninth ManLuke Daniels #12023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Grant Blackwood 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.

Briggs Tanner in order

3 books
  1. 1. The End of Enemies
  2. 2. The Wall of Night
  3. 3. An Echo of War

Jack Ryan Universe in order

2 books
  1. 20. Under Fire
  2. 22. Duty and Honor

Luke Daniels in order

1 book
  1. 1. The 9th Man / The Ninth Man

Standalone books

1 book

1 Grant Blackwood title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Grant Blackwood books in order?

You only need to read Grant Blackwood books in order within the Briggs Tanner series, which holds 3 of the 7 Grant Blackwood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Grant Blackwood

Start with The End of Enemies (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Grant Blackwood book?

The 9th Man / The Ninth Man (2023) is the newest Grant Blackwood book released so far.

Is there a new Grant Blackwood book coming?

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

Grant Blackwood at a glance

Paused
No new Grant Blackwood title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Grant Blackwood books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,511 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 505 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Grant Blackwood books, 3 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Grant Blackwood books are about

5 of the 7 Grant Blackwood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: intelligence officers is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.