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Marcus Sakey Books in Order

Marcus Sakey has written 14 books, published between 2007 and 2017. The first book is The Blade Itself (2007) and the newest is Afterlife (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2007–2017
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
2,459 in 7 of 14 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,459 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Marcus Sakey, author

Marcus Sakey is an American author and the host of the Travel Channel show Hidden City. 14 catalogued books run from The Blade Itself (2007) to Afterlife (2017). The Brilliance Saga is the one series; the rest are standalone novels and short fiction, among them Good People (2008), The Amateurs (2009) and The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes (2011). Criminals, ex-convicts, kidnapping and a dystopian strand fill the subjects, and the catalogue is likely complete.

How many Marcus Sakey books are there?

Marcus Sakey has 14 books, released between 2007 and 2017. 3 of them belong to the Brilliance Saga series.

Marcus Sakey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Marcus Sakey 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 Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey, book 1 of the Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels series (2007)
  2. Cover of At the City's Edge by Marcus Sakey, book 2 of the Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels series (2008)
  3. Cover of Good People by Marcus Sakey, book 3 of the Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels series (2008)
  4. Cover of No Turning Back by Marcus Sakey, book 5 of the Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels series (2010)
  5. Cover of Brilliance by Marcus Sakey, book 1 of the Brilliance Saga (2013)
  6. Cover of A Better World by Marcus Sakey, book 2 of the Brilliance Saga (2014)
  7. Cover of Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey, book 3 of the Brilliance Saga (2016)
  8. Cover of Afterlife by Marcus Sakey, book 7 of the Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Blade ItselfMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #12007 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007340
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  2. 2
    At the City's EdgeMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #22008 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008368
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  3. 3
    Good PeopleMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #32008 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008323
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  4. 4
    The Desert Here and the Desert Far AwayMarcus Sakey Short Stories/Novellas #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    The AmateursMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #42009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Gravity and NeedMarcus Sakey Short Stories/Novellas #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    As BreathingMarcus Sakey Short Stories/Novellas #32010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    No OneMarcus Sakey Short Stories/Novellas #42010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    No Turning BackMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #52010 · 411 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010411
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  10. 10
    The Two Deaths of Daniel HayesMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #62011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  11. 11
    BrillianceBrilliance Saga #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    A Better WorldBrilliance Saga #22014 · 381 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014381
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  13. 13
    Written in FireBrilliance Saga #32016 · 334 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016334
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  14. 14
    AfterlifeMarcus Sakey Standalone Novels #72017 · 302 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017302
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Marcus Sakey 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.

Marcus Sakey Standalone Novels

7 books

7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Marcus Sakey Short Stories/Novellas

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Brilliance Saga in order

3 books
  1. 1. Brilliance
  2. 2. A Better World
  3. 3. Written in Fire

Do you have to read Marcus Sakey books in order?

You only need to read Marcus Sakey books in order within the Brilliance Saga series, which holds 3 of the 14 Marcus Sakey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Marcus Sakey

Start with The Blade Itself (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marcus Sakey book?

Afterlife (2017) is the newest Marcus Sakey book released so far.

Is there a new Marcus Sakey book coming?

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

Award nominations for Marcus Sakey

Wikidata records 2 nominations for Marcus Sakey. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Marcus Sakey at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Marcus Sakey title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Marcus Sakey books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,459 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marcus Sakey books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Marcus Sakey books are about

10 of the 14 Marcus Sakey 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 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.