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Avery Cates Books in Order

Avery Cates by Jeff Somers contains 16 books, published between 2007 and 2023. The first book is The Electric Church (2007) and the newest is The Salted Earth (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2007–2023
Pages on record
906 in 3 of 16 books
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Avery Cates is a science fiction thriller series by Jeff Somers, with murder for hire and revenge among the series subjects. The series counts 16 books from 2007 to 2023. The Electric Church (2007) comes first, followed by The Digital Plague (2008), The Eternal Prison (2009), The Terminal State (2010) and The Final Evolution (2011). The Walled City, The Pale and The Iron Island were published in 2015. The Salted Earth (2023) is the newest entry.

How many Avery Cates books are there?

Avery Cates has 16 books, released between 2007 and 2023.

Avery Cates Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Avery Cates 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 Eternal Prison by Jeff Somers, book 3 of the Avery Cates series (2009)
  2. Cover of The Terminal State by Jeff Somers, book 4 of the Avery Cates series (2010)
  3. Cover of The Final Evolution by Jeff Somers, book 5 of the Avery Cates series (2011)
  4. Cover of The Kendish Hit by Jeff Somers, book 11 of the Avery Cates series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Electric Church2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    The Digital Plague2008 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008400
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  3. 3
    The Eternal Prison2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    The Terminal State2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    The Final Evolution2011 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011390
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  6. 6
    The Walled City2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    The Pale2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    The Iron Island2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  9. 9
    The Bey2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    The City Lord2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  11. 11
    The Kendish Hit2017 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017116
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  12. 12
    The Drum Trial2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  13. 13
    The Black Wave2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  14. 14
    The Last Mile2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    The Ghost Fleet2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  16. 16
    The Salted Earth2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Is there a chronological order for Avery Cates?

No separate chronological order is on record for Avery Cates, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Avery Cates books in order?

You should read the Avery Cates books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Avery Cates book also stands alone.

Where to start with Avery Cates

Start with The Electric Church (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Avery Cates book?

The Salted Earth (2023) is the newest Avery Cates book released so far.

Is there a new Avery Cates book coming?

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

Avery Cates at a glance

Paused
No new Avery Cates title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Avery Cates books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
906 pages across the 3 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 390 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Avery Cates books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Avery Cates books are about

4 of the 16 Avery Cates books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jeff Somers

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Jeff Somers

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.