Sam Barone Books in Order

Sam Barone has written 10 books, published between 2006 and 2018. The first book is Dawn of Empire (2006) and the newest is Sentinel Star (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2006–2018
Pages on record
3,406 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
57–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,406 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Sam Barone writes historical fiction set in early antiquity. The Eskkar series is the body of the work, opening with Dawn of Empire (2006) and continuing through Empire Rising (2007), Quest for Honour (2010), Battle for Empire (2012) and Clash of Empires (2013). Bronze Age cities, siege warfare, nomads and the Akkadians supply the material. The novels are long at around 577 pages, and ten titles are catalogued through Sentinel Star (2018).

Source: Wikidata

How many Sam Barone books are there?

Sam Barone has 10 books, released between 2006 and 2018. 2 of them belong to the Eskkar & Bracca series.

Sam Barone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Sam Barone 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Dawn of EmpireEskkar Saga #12006 · 590 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006590
  2. 2
    Empire RisingEskkar Saga #22007 · 564 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007564
  3. 3
    Quest for Honour / Conflict of EmpiresEskkar Saga #32010 · 618 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010618
  4. 4
    Eskkar & Trella - The BeginningEskkar Saga #42012 · 658 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012658
  5. 5
    Battle for EmpireEskkar Saga #52012 · 490 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012490
  6. 6
    Rogue Warriors 1Eskkar & Bracca #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
  7. 7
    Clash of EmpiresEskkar Saga #62013 · 486 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013486
  8. 8
    Jettisoned2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  9. 9
    Rogue Warriors 2Eskkar & Bracca #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  10. 10
    Sentinel Star2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–

Sam Barone 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.

Eskkar Saga in order

6 books
  1. 1. Dawn of Empire
  2. 2. Empire Rising
  3. 3. Quest for Honour / Conflict of Empires
  4. 4. Eskkar & Trella - The Beginning
  5. 5. Battle for Empire
  6. 6. Clash of Empires

Eskkar & Bracca in order

2 books
  1. 1. Rogue Warriors 1
  2. 2. Rogue Warriors 2

Standalone books

2 books

2 Sam Barone titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sam Barone books in order?

You only need to read Sam Barone books in order within the Eskkar & Bracca series, which holds 2 of the 10 Sam Barone books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sam Barone

Start with Dawn of Empire (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sam Barone book?

Sentinel Star (2018) is the newest Sam Barone book released so far.

Is there a new Sam Barone book coming?

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

Sam Barone at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sam Barone title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sam Barone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,406 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 577 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sam Barone books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

When Sam Barone books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Sam Barone titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 8 titles.

2000s
2
2010s
8

10 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Sam Barone books are about

5 of the 10 Sam Barone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bronze age is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Bronze age 4 of 5 books
  • Historical fiction 4 of 5 books
  • Ancient History 2 of 5 books
  • Civilization 2 of 5 books
  • Middle East 2 of 5 books
  • Action & adventure 1 of 5 books
  • Akkadians 1 of 5 books
  • City dwellers 1 of 5 books
  • City walls 1 of 5 books
  • Histoire 1 of 5 books
  • Histoire ancienne 1 of 5 books
  • History 1 of 5 books