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Sean Dillon Books in Order

Sean Dillon by Jack Higgins contains 22 books, published between 1992 and 2016. The first book is Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man (1992) and the newest is The Midnight Bell (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1992–2016
Confirmed
22 of 22 titles
Pages on record
6,186 in 20 of 22 books
Reading time
103–155 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,186 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Sean Dillon is the operative at the centre of a Jack Higgins thriller series that runs to 22 books. Eye of the Storm (1992) opens it and The Midnight Bell (2016) closes it, with Thunder Point, Angel of Death and The President's Daughter along the way. Charles Ferguson and Blake Johnson recur beside Dillon. Terrorism, espionage and secret service work fill the subject tags.

How many Sean Dillon books are there?

Sean Dillon has 22 books, released between 1992 and 2016.

Sean Dillon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Sean Dillon books in the order they were released, 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 Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man by Jack Higgins, book 1 of the Sean Dillon series (1992)
  2. Cover of Thunder Point by Jack Higgins, book 2 of the Sean Dillon series (1993)
  3. Cover of On Dangerous Ground by Jack Higgins, book 3 of the Sean Dillon series (1994)
  4. Cover of Angel of Death by Jack Higgins, book 4 of the Sean Dillon series (1995)
  5. Cover of Drink with the Devil by Jack Higgins, book 5 of the Sean Dillon series (1996)
  6. Cover of The President's Daughter by Jack Higgins, book 6 of the Sean Dillon series (1997)
  7. Cover of The White House Connection by Jack Higgins, book 7 of the Sean Dillon series (1998)
  8. Cover of Day of Reckoning by Jack Higgins, book 8 of the Sean Dillon series (2000)
  9. Cover of Edge of Danger by Jack Higgins, book 9 of the Sean Dillon series (2001)
  10. Cover of Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins, book 10 of the Sean Dillon series (2002)
  11. Cover of Bad Company by Jack Higgins, book 11 of the Sean Dillon series (2003)
  12. Cover of Dark Justice by Jack Higgins, book 12 of the Sean Dillon series (2004)
  13. Cover of Without Mercy by Jack Higgins, book 13 of the Sean Dillon series (2005)
  14. Cover of The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins, book 14 of the Sean Dillon series (2008)
  15. Cover of Rough Justice by Jack Higgins, book 15 of the Sean Dillon series (2008)
  16. Cover of A Darker Place by Jack Higgins, book 16 of the Sean Dillon series (2009)
  17. Cover of The Judas Gate by Jack Higgins, book 18 of the Sean Dillon series (2010)
  18. Cover of A Devil is Waiting by Jack Higgins, book 19 of the Sean Dillon series (2012)
  19. Cover of The Death Trade by Jack Higgins, book 20 of the Sean Dillon series (2013)
  20. Cover of Rain on the Dead by Jack Higgins, book 21 of the Sean Dillon series (2014)
  21. Cover of The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins, book 22 of the Sean Dillon series (2016)
  1. 1
    Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man1992 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992320
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  2. 2
    Thunder Point1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993320
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  3. 3
    On Dangerous Ground1994 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994304
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  4. 4
    Angel of Death1995 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995341
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  5. 5
    Drink with the Devil1996 · 311 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996311
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  6. 6
    The President's Daughter1997 · 278 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997278
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  7. 7
    The White House Connection1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998288
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  8. 8
    Day of Reckoning2000 · 291 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000291
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  9. 9
    Edge of Danger2001 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001307
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  10. 10
    Midnight Runner2002 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002289
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  11. 11
    Bad Company2003 · 287 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003287
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  12. 12
    Dark Justice2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004288
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  13. 13
    Without Mercy2005 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005324
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  14. 14
    The Killing Ground2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008320
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  15. 15
    Rough Justice2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  16. 16
    A Darker Place2009 · 337 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009337
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  17. 17
    The Wolf at the Door2009 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009306
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  18. 18
    The Judas Gate2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  19. 19
    A Devil is Waiting2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012336
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  20. 20
    The Death Trade2013 · 319 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013319
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  21. 21
    Rain on the Dead2014 · 310 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014310
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  22. 22
    The Midnight Bell2016 · 310 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016310
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Sean Dillon Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Sean Dillon books run from Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man (1992) to The Midnight Bell (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Sean Dillon in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Sean Dillon books in order?

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

What order should you read Sean Dillon books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man (1992), the earliest published title. After it come Thunder Point (1993), On Dangerous Ground (1994), Angel of Death (1995) and Drink with the Devil (1996); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Sean Dillon book?

The Midnight Bell (2016) is the newest Sean Dillon book released so far.

Is there a new Sean Dillon book coming?

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

Sean Dillon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Sean Dillon title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Sean Dillon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,186 pages across the 20 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sean Dillon books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2000s.

What the Sean Dillon books are about

All 22 Sean Dillon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 10 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Thrillers 10 of 22 books
  • Intelligence officers 8 of 22 books
  • Intelligence service 8 of 22 books
  • Blake Johnson (Fictitious character) 7 of 22 books
  • Dillon, sean (fictitious character) 7 of 22 books
  • Espionage 5 of 22 books
  • Terrorism 5 of 22 books
  • Charles Ferguson (Fictitious character) 4 of 22 books
  • Ferguson, charles (fictitious character) 4 of 22 books
  • Presidents 3 of 22 books
  • Prevention 3 of 22 books

More books by Jack Higgins

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

Other series by Jack Higgins

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