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Kirk McGarvey Books in Order

Kirk McGarvey by David Hagberg contains 29 books, published between 1989 and 2022. The first book is Without Honor (1989) and the newest is Traitor (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1989–2022
Confirmed
29 of 29 titles
Pages on record
10,132 in 24 of 29 books
Reading time
169–253 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,132 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Kirk McGarvey is David Hagberg's espionage series, built around an American intelligence officer. Without Honor (1989) opens a run of 29 catalogued books that reaches Traitor (2022), with Countdown (1990), Critical Mass (1992), Assassin (1997), Joshua's Hammer (2000) and The Kill Zone (2002) among them. Terrorism, assassins and intelligence work are the recurring subjects. The series is dormant.

How many Kirk McGarvey books are there?

Kirk McGarvey has 29 books, released between 1989 and 2022.

Kirk McGarvey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Kirk McGarvey 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 Without Honor by David Hagberg, book 1 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1989)
  2. Cover of Countdown by David Hagberg, book 2 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1990)
  3. Cover of Crossfire by David Hagberg, book 3 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1991)
  4. Cover of Critical Mass by David Hagberg, book 4 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1992)
  5. Cover of High Flight by David Hagberg, book 5 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1995)
  6. Cover of White House by David Hagberg, book 7 of the Kirk McGarvey series (1999)
  7. Cover of Joshua's Hammer by David Hagberg, book 8 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2000)
  8. Cover of The Kill Zone by David Hagberg, book 9 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2002)
  9. Cover of Soldier of God by David Hagberg, book 10 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2005)
  10. Cover of Allah's Scorpion by David Hagberg, book 11 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2006)
  11. Cover of Dance with the Dragon by David Hagberg, book 12 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2007)
  12. Cover of The Expediter by David Hagberg, book 13 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2009)
  13. Cover of The Cabal by David Hagberg, book 14 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2010)
  14. Cover of Castro's Daughter by David Hagberg, book 16 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2012)
  15. Cover of Blood Pact by David Hagberg, book 17 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2014)
  16. Cover of Retribution by David Hagberg, book 18 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2015)
  17. Cover of The Fourth Horseman by David Hagberg, book 20 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2016)
  18. Cover of End Game by David Hagberg, book 22 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2016)
  19. Cover of Flash Points by David Hagberg, book 24 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2018)
  20. Cover of First Kill by David Hagberg, book 26 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2019)
  21. Cover of McGarvey by David Hagberg, book 27 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2020)
  22. Cover of Gambit by David Hagberg, book 28 of the Kirk McGarvey series (2021)
  1. 1
    Without Honor1989 · 441 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989441
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  2. 2
    Countdown1990 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990512
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  3. 3
    Crossfire1991 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991448
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  4. 4
    Critical Mass1992 · confirmed 3/4
    1992–
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  5. 5
    High Flight1995 · 896 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995896
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  6. 6
    Assassin1997 · 530 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997530
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  7. 7
    White House1999 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999432
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  8. 8
    Joshua's Hammer2000 · 533 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000533
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  9. 9
    The Kill Zone2002 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002544
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  10. 10
    Soldier of God2005 · 434 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005434
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  11. 11
    Allah's Scorpion2006 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006448
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  12. 12
    Dance with the Dragon2007 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007384
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  13. 13
    The Expediter2009 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009351
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  14. 14
    The Cabal2010 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010352
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  15. 15
    Abyss2011 · 496 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011496
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  16. 16
    Castro's Daughter2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Blood Pact2014 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014336
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  18. 18
    Retribution2015 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015352
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  19. 19
    The Shadowmen2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  20. 20
    The Fourth Horseman2016 · 332 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016332
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  21. 21
    24 Hours2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  22. 22
    End Game2016 · 318 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016318
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  23. 23
    Tower Down2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018384
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  24. 24
    Flash Points2018 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018316
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  25. 25
    Face Off2018 · 333 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018333
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  26. 26
    First Kill2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019336
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  27. 27
    McGarvey2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020336
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  28. 28
    Gambit2021 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021288
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  29. 29
    Traitor2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Kirk McGarvey?

No separate chronological order is on record for Kirk McGarvey, 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 Kirk McGarvey books in order?

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

Where to start with Kirk McGarvey

Start with Without Honor (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kirk McGarvey book?

Traitor (2022) is the newest Kirk McGarvey book released so far.

Is there a new Kirk McGarvey book coming?

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

Kirk McGarvey at a glance

Paused
No new Kirk McGarvey title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kirk McGarvey books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,132 pages across the 24 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kirk McGarvey books, 13 of 29, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kirk McGarvey books are about

25 of the 29 Kirk McGarvey 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 10 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by David Hagberg

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