David Slaton Books in Order
Ward Larsen has written 11 books featuring David Slaton, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is The Perfect Assassin (2004) and the newest is Dark Vector (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2004–2025
- Confirmed
- 11 of 11 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,927 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 49–73 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,927 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
David Slaton is an assassin in Ward Larsen's espionage thrillers, with Israel and its intelligence service behind the plots and a woman physician among the recurring figures. The Perfect Assassin (2004) opens the sequence, and the Assassin's titles follow: Assassin's Game (2014), Assassin's Silence (2016), Assassin's Code (2017), Assassin's Revenge (2019) and Assassin's Mark (2023). Eleven catalogued books reach Dark Vector in 2025.
How many David Slaton books are there?
David Slaton appears in 11 books, released between 2004 and 2025.
David Slaton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 David Slaton 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.
- 120043603/4
- 220143813/4
- 320163993/4
- 420173683/4
- 520183633/4
- 62019–3/4
- 720203363/4
- 82021–3/4
- 920223683/4
- 102023–3/4
- 1120253523/4
Do you have to read David Slaton books in order?
You should read the David Slaton books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each David Slaton book also stands alone.
Where to start with David Slaton
Start with The Perfect Assassin (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Slaton book?
Dark Vector (2025) is the newest David Slaton book released so far.
Is there a new David Slaton book coming?
No next David Slaton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Slaton at a glance
- Still running
- David Slaton is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- David Slaton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,927 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Slaton books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
What the David Slaton books are about
7 of the 11 David Slaton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: assassins is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Ward Larsen
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Ward Larsen books in order 19 books