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Iron Seas Books in Order

Iron Seas by Meljean Brook contains 9 books, published between 2010 and 2013. The first book is Here There Be Monsters (2010) and the newest is The Blushing Bounder (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2010–2013
Pages on record
1,758 in 4 of 9 books
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Iron Seas is a steampunk series by Meljean Brook, running to nine books published between 2010 and 2013. Subjects filed against the series record alternate reality, fantasy, science fiction, zombies, conspiracies, women detectives and women ship captains. Here There Be Monsters (2010) is the first catalogued title, followed by The Iron Duke (2010), Heart of Steel (2011), Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City (2012), Riveted (2012) and The Kraken King (2012). The Blushing Bounder (2013) is the most recent. A chronological order is recorded alongside publication order.

How many Iron Seas books are there?

Iron Seas has 9 books, released between 2010 and 2013.

Iron Seas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Iron Seas 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 Iron Duke by Meljean Brook, book 2 of the Iron Seas series (2010)
  2. Cover of Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook, book 3 of the Iron Seas series (2011)
  3. Cover of Riveted by Meljean Brook, book 5 of the Iron Seas series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Kraken King by Meljean Brook, book 6 of the Iron Seas series (2012)
  1. 1
    Here There Be Monsters2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    The Iron Duke2010 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010378
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  3. 3
    Heart of Steel2011 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011426
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  4. 4
    Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Riveted2012 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012378
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  6. 6
    The Kraken King2012 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012576
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  7. 7
    Wrecked2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Tethered2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    The Blushing Bounder2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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Iron Seas Books in Chronological Order

In story order, The Blushing Bounder comes first and The Kraken King comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 9 books below run in that in-universe sequence.

  1. 9
    The Blushing Bounder2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  2. 1
    Here There Be Monsters2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 2
    The Iron Duke2010 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010378
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 3
    Heart of Steel2011 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011426
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 8
    Tethered2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 5
    Riveted2012 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012378
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 7
    Wrecked2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 6
    The Kraken King2012 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012576
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Do you have to read Iron Seas books in order?

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

Where to start with Iron Seas

Start with Here There Be Monsters (2010), the earliest published title. In the chronological order, The Blushing Bounder comes first.

What is the newest Iron Seas book?

The Blushing Bounder (2013) is the newest Iron Seas book released so far.

Is there a new Iron Seas book coming?

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

Iron Seas at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Iron Seas title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Iron Seas books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,758 pages across the 4 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Iron Seas books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Iron Seas books are about

4 of the 9 Iron Seas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: conspiracies is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Meljean Brook

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

Other series by Meljean Brook

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