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Sean Thomas Russell Books in Order

Sean Thomas Russell has written 15 books, published between 1991 and 2014. The first book is The Initiate Brother (1991) and the newest is Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1991–2014
Pages on record
6,611 in 13 of 15 books
Reading time
110–165 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,611 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Sean Thomas Russell, born on 30 January 1952, is a Canadian writer of fantasy and of historical novels about the Royal Navy. Russell has published as Sean Russell and S. Thomas Russell, and wrote with Ian Dennis under the shared pseudonym T.F. Banks. The catalogue holds 15 books from The Initiate Brother (1991) to Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead (2014). Six series are listed: Initiate Brother, Moontide and Magic Rise, River Into Darkness, Swan's War, Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner and Adventures of Charles Hayden. Titles include Gatherer of Clouds (1992), World Without End (1994), The One Kingdom (2001) and The Isle Of Battle (2002).

How many Sean Thomas Russell books are there?

Sean Thomas Russell has 15 books, released between 1991 and 2014. They include 6 separate series.

Sean Thomas Russell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Sean Thomas Russell 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 Initiate Brother by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the Initiate Brother series (1991)
  2. Cover of Gatherer of Clouds by Sean Thomas Russell, book 2 of the Initiate Brother series (1992)
  3. Cover of World Without End by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the Moontide and Magic Rise series (1994)
  4. Cover of Sea without a Shore by Sean Thomas Russell, book 2 of the Moontide and Magic Rise series (1996)
  5. Cover of Beneath the Vaulted Hills by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the River Into Darkness series (1997)
  6. Cover of The Compass of the Soul by Sean Thomas Russell, book 2 of the River Into Darkness series (1998)
  7. Cover of The One Kingdom by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the Swan's War series (2001)
  8. Cover of The Thief-Taker by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner series (2001)
  9. Cover of The Isle Of Battle by Sean Thomas Russell, book 2 of the Swan's War series (2002)
  10. Cover of The Shadow Roads by Sean Thomas Russell, book 3 of the Swan's War series (2003)
  11. Cover of Under Enemy Colors by Sean Thomas Russell, book 1 of the Adventures of Charles Hayden series (2007)
  12. Cover of Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead by Sean Thomas Russell, book 4 of the Adventures of Charles Hayden series
  1. 1
    The Initiate BrotherInitiate Brother #11991 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991480
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  2. 2
    Gatherer of CloudsInitiate Brother #21992 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992608
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  3. 3
    World Without EndMoontide and Magic Rise #11994 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994608
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  4. 4
    Sea without a ShoreMoontide and Magic Rise #21996 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996608
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  5. 5
    Beneath the Vaulted HillsRiver Into Darkness #11997 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997480
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  6. 6
    The Compass of the SoulRiver Into Darkness #21998 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998416
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  7. 7
    The One KingdomSwan's War #12001 · 544 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001544
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  8. 8
    The Thief-TakerMemoirs of a Bow Street Runner #12001 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001325
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  9. 9
    The Isle Of BattleSwan's War #22002 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002576
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  10. 10
    The Emperor's AssassinMemoirs of a Bow Street Runner #22003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  11. 11
    The Shadow RoadsSwan's War #32003 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003450
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  12. 12
    Under Enemy ColorsAdventures of Charles Hayden #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  13. 13
    A Battle WonAdventures of Charles Hayden #22010 · 568 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010568
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  14. 14
    A Ship of War / Take, Burn or DestroyAdventures of Charles Hayden #32012 · 513 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012513
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  15. 15
    Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her DeadAdventures of Charles Hayden #42014 · 435 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014435
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Sean Thomas Russell 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.

Adventures of Charles Hayden in order

4 books
  1. 1. Under Enemy Colors
  2. 2. A Battle Won
  3. 3. A Ship of War / Take, Burn or Destroy
  4. 4. Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead

Swan's War in order

3 books
  1. 1. The One Kingdom
  2. 2. The Isle Of Battle
  3. 3. The Shadow Roads

Initiate Brother in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Initiate Brother
  2. 2. Gatherer of Clouds

Moontide and Magic Rise in order

2 books
  1. 1. World Without End
  2. 2. Sea without a Shore

River Into Darkness in order

2 books
  1. 1. Beneath the Vaulted Hills
  2. 2. The Compass of the Soul

Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Thief-Taker
  2. 2. The Emperor's Assassin

Do you have to read Sean Thomas Russell books in order?

You only need to read Sean Thomas Russell 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 Sean Thomas Russell

Start with The Initiate Brother (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sean Thomas Russell book?

Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead (2014) is the newest Sean Thomas Russell book released so far.

Is there a new Sean Thomas Russell book coming?

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

Awards Sean Thomas Russell has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 5 nominations for Sean Thomas Russell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Sean Thomas Russell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sean Thomas Russell title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sean Thomas Russell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,611 pages across the 13 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 513 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sean Thomas Russell books, 6 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Sean Thomas Russell books are about

14 of the 15 Sean Thomas Russell 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 6 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.