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Tim Sebastian Books in Order

Tim Sebastian has written 12 books, published between 1985 and 2019. The first book is Nice Promises (1985) and the newest is Fatal Ally (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1985–2019
Pages on record
1,846 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,846 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Tim Sebastian, born 13 March 1952, is an English television journalist and novelist. Sebastian moderates Conflict Zone and New Arab Debates on Deutsche Welle, and at the BBC hosted Doha Debates and became the first presenter of HARDtalk. BAFTA gave Sebastian the Richard Dimbleby Award in 1981, and the Royal Television Society named Sebastian Interviewer of the Year in 2000 and 2001. The 12 catalogued books run from Nice Promises (1985) to Fatal Ally (2019), including The Spy In Question, Spy Shadow and Special Relations. Subject tags list espionage thrillers, Russia and Polish politics.

How many Tim Sebastian books are there?

Tim Sebastian has 12 books, released between 1985 and 2019.

Tim Sebastian Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Tim Sebastian 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 I Spy in Russia by Tim Sebastian (1986)
  2. Cover of The Spy In Question by Tim Sebastian (1988)
  3. Cover of Spy Shadow by Tim Sebastian (1990)
  4. Cover of Exit Berlin/The Memory Church by Tim Sebastian (1992)
  5. Cover of Last Rights by Tim Sebastian (1993)
  6. Cover of War Dance by Tim Sebastian (1995)
  1. 1
    Nice Promises1985 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985225
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  2. 2
    I Spy in Russia1986 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986127
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  3. 3
    The Spy In Question1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  4. 4
    Spy Shadow1990 · 390 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990390
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  5. 5
    Saviour's Gate1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  6. 6
    Exit Berlin/The Memory Church1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Last Rights1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  8. 8
    Special Relations1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    War Dance1995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  10. 10
    Ultra1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  11. 11
    Killing Time2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  12. 12
    Fatal Ally2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019240
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Tim Sebastian 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.

Standalone books

12 books

12 Tim Sebastian titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tim Sebastian books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Tim Sebastian books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Tim Sebastian

Start with Nice Promises (1985), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Sebastian book?

Fatal Ally (2019) is the newest Tim Sebastian book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Sebastian book coming?

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

Tim Sebastian at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tim Sebastian title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tim Sebastian books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,846 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Sebastian books, 7 of 12, were published in the 1990s.

What the Tim Sebastian books are about

9 of the 12 Tim Sebastian books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.