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Jon Sprunk Books in Order

Jon Sprunk has written 8 books, published between 2010 and 2019. The first book is Shadow's Son (2010) and the newest is Sun and Serpent (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2010–2019
Pages on record
1,577 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,577 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Jon Sprunk is an American fantasy author who grew up in central Pennsylvania and took a B.A. in English from Lock Haven University in 1992. The catalogue records subjects including assassins, magic, magicians, criminals, conspiracies and imaginary wars and battles. Book of the Black Earth is the series listed under Sprunk's name. Eight books run from Shadow's Son (2010) to Sun and Serpent (2019), taking in Shadow's Lure (2011), Shadow's Master (2012), Blood and Iron (2014), Storm and Steel (2015), Sun and Steel (2016) and Blade and Bone (2018). The median recorded length is 405 pages.

How many Jon Sprunk books are there?

Jon Sprunk has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2019. They include 2 separate series.

Jon Sprunk Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Jon Sprunk 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 Shadow's Son by Jon Sprunk, book 1 of the Shadow Saga (2010)
  2. Cover of Shadow's Lure by Jon Sprunk, book 2 of the Shadow Saga (2011)
  3. Cover of Shadow's Master by Jon Sprunk, book 3 of the Shadow Saga (2012)
  4. Cover of Blood and Iron by Jon Sprunk, book 1 of the Book of the Black Earth series (2014)
  5. Cover of Storm and Steel by Jon Sprunk, book 2 of the Book of the Black Earth series (2015)
  1. 1
    Shadow's SonShadow Saga #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    Shadow's LureShadow Saga #22011 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011383
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  3. 3
    Shadow's MasterShadow Saga #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  4. 4
    Blood and IronBook of the Black Earth #12014 · 427 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014427
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  5. 5
    Storm and SteelBook of the Black Earth #22015 · 479 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015479
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  6. 6
    Sun and SteelBook of the Black Earth #32016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  7. 7
    Blade and BoneBook of the Black Earth #42018 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018288
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  8. 8
    Sun and SerpentBook of the Black Earth #52019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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Jon Sprunk 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.

Book of the Black Earth in order

5 books
  1. 1. Blood and Iron
  2. 2. Storm and Steel
  3. 3. Sun and Steel
  4. 4. Blade and Bone
  5. 5. Sun and Serpent

Shadow Saga in order

3 books
  1. 1. Shadow's Son
  2. 2. Shadow's Lure
  3. 3. Shadow's Master

Do you have to read Jon Sprunk books in order?

You only need to read Jon Sprunk 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 Jon Sprunk

Start with Shadow's Son (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jon Sprunk book?

Sun and Serpent (2019) is the newest Jon Sprunk book released so far.

Is there a new Jon Sprunk book coming?

No next Jon Sprunk 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 Sprunk at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jon Sprunk title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jon Sprunk books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,577 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 405 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jon Sprunk books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jon Sprunk books are about

6 of the 8 Jon Sprunk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.