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Jack Du Brul Books in Order

Jack Du Brul has written 14 books, published between 1998 and 2025. The first book is Vulcan's Forge (1998) and the newest is The Iron Storm (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 14 books listed here are in the Philip Mercer series, which has its own page: Philip Mercer books in order.

Books
14
Published
1998–2025
Confirmed
13 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,847 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
64–96 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,847 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Jack Du Brul checklist

Jack Du Brul is an American techno-thriller novelist, born October 15, 1968, in Burlington, Vermont. Vulcan's Forge (1998) opens the catalogue of 14 books, followed by Charon's Landing (1999), The Medusa Stone (2000), Pandora's Curse (2001), River Of Ruin (2002) and Deep Fire Rising (2003). The Lightning Stones (2015), The Titanic Secret (2019) and The Iron Storm (2025) are later titles. Philip Mercer is the series on the author page, and Isaac Bell also appears among the characters. Geologists, terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, Nazis and treasure feature in the subject tags.

How many Jack Du Brul books are there?

Jack Du Brul has 14 books, released between 1998 and 2025. 8 of them belong to the Philip Mercer series.

Jack Du Brul Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Jack Du Brul 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 Vulcan's Forge by Jack Du Brul, book 1 of the Philip Mercer series (1998)
  2. Cover of Charon's Landing by Jack Du Brul, book 2 of the Philip Mercer series (1999)
  3. Cover of The Medusa Stone by Jack Du Brul, book 3 of the Philip Mercer series (2000)
  4. Cover of Pandora's Curse by Jack Du Brul, book 4 of the Philip Mercer series (2001)
  5. Cover of River Of Ruin by Jack Du Brul, book 5 of the Philip Mercer series (2002)
  6. Cover of Deep Fire Rising by Jack Du Brul, book 6 of the Philip Mercer series (2003)
  7. Cover of Havoc by Jack Du Brul, book 7 of the Philip Mercer series (2006)
  8. Cover of Havoc Publisher by Jack Du Brul (2007)
  9. Cover of The Lightning Stones by Jack Du Brul, book 8 of the Philip Mercer series (2015)
  10. Cover of The Sea Wolves by Jack Du Brul, book 13 of the Isaac Bell Adventures series (2022)
  1. 1
    Vulcan's ForgePhilip Mercer #11998 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998372
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  2. 2
    Charon's LandingPhilip Mercer #21999 · 496 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999496
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  3. 3
    The Medusa StonePhilip Mercer #32000 · 451 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000451
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  4. 4
    Pandora's CursePhilip Mercer #42001 · 472 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001472
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  5. 5
    River Of RuinPhilip Mercer #52002 · 534 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002534
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  6. 6
    Deep Fire RisingPhilip Mercer #62003 · confirmed 4/4
    2003–
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  7. 7
    HavocPhilip Mercer #72006 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006368
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  8. 8
    Havoc Publisher2007 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007402
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  9. 9
    The Lightning StonesPhilip Mercer #82015 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015352
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  10. 10
    The Titanic SecretIsaac Bell Adventures #112019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    The SaboteursIsaac Bell Adventures #122021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    The Sea WolvesIsaac Bell Adventures #132022 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022400
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  13. 13
    The HeistIsaac Bell Adventures #142024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    The Iron StormIsaac Bell Adventures #152025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Jack Du Brul series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Jack Du Brul 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.

Isaac Bell Adventures in order

5 books
  1. 11. The Titanic Secret
  2. 12. The Saboteurs
  3. 13. The Sea Wolves
  4. 14. The Heist
  5. 15. The Iron Storm

Standalone books

1 book

1 Jack Du Brul title here is not listed as part of any series.

Jack Du Brul Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jack Du Brul books run from Vulcan's Forge (1998) to The Iron Storm (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jack Du Brul in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jack Du Brul books in order?

You only need to read Jack Du Brul books in order within the Philip Mercer series, which holds 8 of the 14 Jack Du Brul books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jack Du Brul

Start with Vulcan's Forge (1998), the first Philip Mercer book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Jack Du Brul book?

The Iron Storm (2025) is the newest Jack Du Brul book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Du Brul book coming?

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

Jack Du Brul at a glance

Still publishing
Jack Du Brul published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jack Du Brul books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,847 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack Du Brul books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
1 of the 14 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 13 in at least three.

What the Jack Du Brul books are about

9 of the 14 Jack Du Brul books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Action / Thriller authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.