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Mike Maden Books in Order

Mike Maden has written 12 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Drone (2013) and the newest is Quantum Tempest (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2013–2025
Confirmed
8 of 12 titles
Pages on record
3,756 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
63–94 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,756 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Mike Maden checklist

Mike Maden, born 1960, is an American novelist known for a Drone series of techno-thrillers and for Jack Ryan Jr. novels in the Ryanverse, which builds on characters Tom Clancy created. The catalogue lists 12 books from Drone (2013) to Quantum Tempest (2025), including Blue Warrior (2014), Drone Command (2015), Drone Threat (2016), Point of Contact (2017), Line of Sight (2018), Enemy Contact (2019), Firing Point (2020) and Hellburner (2022). Troy Pearce is the listed series. Subject headings name drone aircraft, terrorism, special operations and intelligence officers.

How many Mike Maden books are there?

Mike Maden has 12 books, released between 2013 and 2025. 4 of them belong to the Troy Pearce series.

Mike Maden Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Mike Maden 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 Drone by Mike Maden, book 1 of the Troy Pearce series (2013)
  2. Cover of Blue Warrior by Mike Maden, book 2 of the Troy Pearce series (2014)
  3. Cover of Drone Command by Mike Maden, book 3 of the Troy Pearce series (2015)
  4. Cover of Drone Threat by Mike Maden, book 4 of the Troy Pearce series (2016)
  5. Cover of Point of Contact by Mike Maden, book 24 of the Jack Ryan Universe series (2017)
  6. Cover of Enemy Contact by Mike Maden, book 28 of the Jack Ryan Universe series (2019)
  7. Cover of Firing Point by Mike Maden, book 30 of the Jack Ryan Universe series (2020)
  8. Cover of Hellburner by Mike Maden, book 16 of the Oregon Files series (2022)
  1. 1
    DroneTroy Pearce #12013 · 530 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013530
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  2. 2
    Blue WarriorTroy Pearce #22014 · 534 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014534
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  3. 3
    Drone CommandTroy Pearce #32015 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015432
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  4. 4
    Drone ThreatTroy Pearce #42016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Point of ContactJack Ryan Universe #242017 · 485 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017485
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Line of SightJack Ryan Universe #262018 · 463 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018463
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Enemy ContactJack Ryan Universe #282019 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Firing PointJack Ryan Universe #302020 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020480
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    HellburnerOregon Files #162022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Fire StrikeOregon Files #172023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Ghost SoldierOregon Files #182024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    Quantum TempestOregon Files #192025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Mike Maden 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.

Troy Pearce in order

4 books
  1. 1. Drone
  2. 2. Blue Warrior
  3. 3. Drone Command
  4. 4. Drone Threat

Oregon Files in order

4 books
  1. 16. Hellburner
  2. 17. Fire Strike
  3. 18. Ghost Soldier
  4. 19. Quantum Tempest

Jack Ryan Universe in order

4 books
  1. 24. Point of Contact
  2. 26. Line of Sight
  3. 28. Enemy Contact
  4. 30. Firing Point

Do you have to read Mike Maden books in order?

You only need to read Mike Maden books in order within the Troy Pearce series, which holds 4 of the 12 Mike Maden books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mike Maden

Start with Drone (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mike Maden book?

Quantum Tempest (2025) is the newest Mike Maden book released so far.

Is there a new Mike Maden book coming?

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

Mike Maden at a glance

Still publishing
Mike Maden published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mike Maden books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,756 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mike Maden books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mike Maden books are about

9 of the 12 Mike Maden 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 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.