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Jon Land Books in Order

Jon Land has written 55 books, published between 1983 and 2026. The first book is The Doomsday Spiral (1983) and the newest is Icefall: The Rise of the Nine (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
55
Published
1983–2026
Pages on record
13,727 in 37 of 55 books
Reading time
229–343 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,727 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 55 titles with a page count on record.

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Jon Land is an American thriller author whose Caitlin Strong novels follow a fifth-generation Texas Ranger. The Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea books pair a Palestinian detective with a chief inspector of the Israeli police. Land is an emeritus board member of International Thriller Writers and sits on its marketing committee, and was a screenwriter for the film Dirty Deeds. The catalogue lists 55 books from The Doomsday Spiral (1983) to Icefall: The Rise of the Nine (2026), with Blaine McCracken, Jared Kimberlain and National Parks Thriller among the other series.

How many Jon Land books are there?

Jon Land has 55 books, released between 1983 and 2026. They include 6 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.

Jon Land Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 55 Jon Land 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 Labyrinth by Jon Land (1985)
  2. Cover of The Omega Command by Jon Land, book 1 of the Blaine McCracken series (1986)
  3. Cover of The Alpha Deception by Jon Land, book 2 of the Blaine McCracken series (1987)
  4. Cover of The Eighth Trumpet by Jon Land, book 1 of the Jared Kimberlain series (1989)
  5. Cover of The Valhalla Testament by Jon Land (1990)
  6. Cover of The Ninth Dominion by Jon Land, book 2 of the Jared Kimberlain series (1991)
  7. Cover of The Omicron Legion by Jon Land, book 4 of the Blaine McCracken series (1991)
  8. Cover of The Vengeance of the Tau by Jon Land, book 5 of the Blaine McCracken series (1993)
  9. Cover of Kingdom of the Seven by Jon Land, book 7 of the Blaine McCracken series (1994)
  10. Cover of The Fires of Midnight by Jon Land, book 8 of the Blaine McCracken series (1995)
  11. Cover of The Walls of Jericho by Jon Land, book 1 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (1997)
  12. Cover of Hope Mountain by Jon Land (1998)
  13. Cover of Dead Simple by Jon Land, book 9 of the Blaine McCracken series (1998)
  14. Cover of The Pillars of Solomon by Jon Land, book 2 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (1999)
  15. Cover of Dolphin Key by Jon Land (1999)
  16. Cover of A Walk in the Darkness by Jon Land, book 3 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (2000)
  17. Cover of Keepers of the Gate by Jon Land, book 4 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (2001)
  18. Cover of The Blue Widows by Jon Land, book 6 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (2003)
  19. Cover of The Last Prophecy by Jon Land, book 7 of the Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series (2004)
  20. Cover of The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending by Jon Land, book 1 of the Michael Tiranno The Tyrant series (2007)
  21. Cover of Strong Enough to Die by Jon Land, book 1 of the Caitlin Strong series (2009)
  22. Cover of Strong Justice by Jon Land, book 2 of the Caitlin Strong series (2010)
  23. Cover of Strong at the Break by Jon Land, book 3 of the Caitlin Strong series (2011)
  24. Cover of Betrayal by Jon Land (2012)
  1. 1
    The Doomsday Spiral1983 · 430 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983430
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  2. 2
    The Lucifer Directive1984 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19841
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  3. 3
    Vortex1984 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984446
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  4. 4
    Labyrinth1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  5. 5
    The Omega CommandBlaine McCracken #11986 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986371
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  6. 6
    The Alpha DeceptionBlaine McCracken #21987 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987357
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  7. 7
    The Council of Ten1987 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987345
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  8. 8
    The Eighth TrumpetJared Kimberlain #11989 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989400
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  9. 9
    The Gamma OptionBlaine McCracken #31989 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989340
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  10. 10
    The Valhalla Testament1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  11. 11
    The Ninth DominionJared Kimberlain #21991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  12. 12
    The Omicron LegionBlaine McCracken #41991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  13. 13
    The Vengeance of the TauBlaine McCracken #51993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  14. 14
    Day of the DelphiBlaine McCracken #61993 · 405 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993405
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  15. 15
    Kingdom of the SevenBlaine McCracken #71994 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994432
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  16. 16
    The Fires of MidnightBlaine McCracken #81995 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995376
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  17. 17
    The Walls of JerichoBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #11997 · 466 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997466
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  18. 18
    Hope Mountain1998 · 191 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998191
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  19. 19
    Dead SimpleBlaine McCracken #91998 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998404
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  20. 20
    The Pillars of SolomonBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #21999 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999448
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  21. 21
    Dolphin Key1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  22. 22
    A Walk in the DarknessBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #32000 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000432
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  23. 23
    Keepers of the GateBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #42001 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001432
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  24. 24
    Blood DiamondsBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #52002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  25. 25
    The Blue WidowsBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #62003 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003416
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  26. 26
    The Last ProphecyBen Kamal & Danielle Barnea #72004 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004432
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  27. 27
    The Seven Sins: The Tyrant AscendingMichael Tiranno The Tyrant #12007 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007366
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  28. 28
    Strong Enough to DieCaitlin Strong #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  29. 29
    Strong JusticeCaitlin Strong #22010 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010448
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  30. 30
    Strong at the BreakCaitlin Strong #32011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Jon Land series in order

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

Jon Land 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.

Blaine McCracken in order

11 books
  1. 1. The Omega Command
  2. 2. The Alpha Deception
  3. 3. The Gamma Option
  4. 4. The Omicron Legion
  5. 5. The Vengeance of the Tau
  6. 6. Day of the Delphi
  7. 7. Kingdom of the Seven
  8. 8. The Fires of Midnight
  9. 9. Dead Simple
  10. 10. Pandora's Temple
  11. 11. The Tenth Circle

Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Walls of Jericho
  2. 2. The Pillars of Solomon
  3. 3. A Walk in the Darkness
  4. 4. Keepers of the Gate
  5. 5. Blood Diamonds
  6. 6. The Blue Widows
  7. 7. The Last Prophecy

Murder, She Wrote in order

4 books
  1. 51. Manuscript for Murder
  2. 52. Murder in Red
  3. 54. The Murder of Twelve
  4. 55. Murder In Season

National Parks Thriller in order

3 books
  1. 1. Leave No Trace
  2. 2. Cold Burn
  3. 3. Pressure Point: A National Parks Thriller

Jared Kimberlain in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Eighth Trumpet
  2. 2. The Ninth Dominion

Michael Tiranno The Tyrant in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending
  2. 2. Black Scorpion: The Tyrant Reborn

Standalone books

15 books

15 Jon Land titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jon Land books in order?

You only need to read Jon Land books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jon Land

Start with Strong Enough to Die (2009), the first Caitlin Strong book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Doomsday Spiral (1983).

What is the newest Jon Land book?

Icefall: The Rise of the Nine (2026) is the newest Jon Land book released so far.

Is there a new Jon Land book coming?

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

Jon Land at a glance

Still publishing
Jon Land published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jon Land books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
13,727 pages across the 37 of 55 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jon Land books, 19 of 55, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jon Land books are about

42 of the 55 Jon Land books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 14 of 42. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.