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The Sean Dillon book series follows the adventures of Sean Dillon, a seasoned intelligence operative involved in high-stakes missions across international settings, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Iraq. Each book centers on Dillon's efforts to uncover and neutralize threats to national security, often involving terrorism, political intrigue, and personal connections to past conflicts. The series emphasizes his expertise in covert operations and his complex relationships with both allies and enemies.

Books in this series

Ordered by first publication where known. The official numbering for this series is incomplete in our sources, so we don't show series numbers we can't verify.

  1. Cover of Eye of the Storm

    Eye of the Storm

    1982 · Henry Patterson

    A British prime minister's life hangs in the balance as a deadly game of cat-and-mouse unfolds between a terrorist and an American working for…

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  2. Cover of Thunder Point

    Thunder Point

    1993 · Henry Patterson

    A diver off St John in the Virgin Islands in 1992 finds a German U-boat sunk three weeks after World War II ended, containing proof that Martin…

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  3. Cover of On Dangerous Ground

    On Dangerous Ground

    1993 · Henry Patterson

    In 1944, Lord Mountbatten and Mao Zedong signed a secret agreement extending Hong Kong's colonial status by a hundred years in exchange for military…

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  4. Cover of Drink with the Devil

    Drink with the Devil

    1996 · Henry Patterson

    With the peace process breaking down in Ireland, former IRA terrorist Sean Dillon plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game against sinister forces as he…

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  5. Cover of Edge of Danger

    Edge of Danger

    2001 · Henry Patterson

    The Rashid family, whose British and Arab ancestries produced generations of warriors with the motto 'I always return,' direct their rage at the…

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  6. Cover of Midnight Runner

    Midnight Runner

    2002 · Henry Patterson

    Following Edge of Danger's introduction of the murderous Arab-English Rashid family, agent Sean Dillon must prepare for the worst as the family…

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  7. Cover of Dark Justice

    Dark Justice

    2004 · Henry Patterson

    The covert intelligence team of Blake Johnson and Sean Dillon is pitted against a hidden foe with a different set of rules. Someone attempts to…

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  8. Cover of Without mercy

    Without mercy

    2005 · Henry Patterson

    A thriller of terrorism, murder and revenge in which intelligence operative Sean Dillon and his colleagues, having survived a prior mission at great…

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  9. Cover of The Killing Ground

    The Killing Ground

    2007 · Henry Patterson

    Intelligence operative Sean Dillon stops Caspar Rashid at Heathrow, a man whose thirteen-year-old daughter Sara has been kidnapped by his own father…

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  10. Cover of Rough justice

    Rough justice

    2008 · Henry Patterson

    While checking on the situation in Kosovo, the US President's aide Blake Johnson meets Major Harry Miller of the British Cabinet. When both men…

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  11. Cover of The wolf at the door

    The wolf at the door

    2009 · Henry Patterson

    On Long Island, a trusted operative for the president is shot as he nudges his boat to a pier. In London, General Charles Ferguson's car explodes on…

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  12. Cover of The Judas Gate

    The Judas Gate

    2010 · Henry Patterson

    A disturbing tape reaches British intelligence and the new US President: battlefield chatter from an Afghanistan ambush that killed twelve US Army…

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  13. Cover of The Death Trade

    The Death Trade

    2013 · Henry Patterson

    An eminent scientist makes a breakthrough in nuclear weapons research, and his family's lives are threatened unless he hands the technology to the…

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  14. Cover of Rain on the Dead

    Rain on the Dead

    2014 · Henry Patterson

    In the past few years, the killing and capture of many Al-Qaeda leaders has left the terrorist organization wounded but not dead, and they intend to…

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  15. Cover of The midnight bell

    The midnight bell

    2016 · Henry Patterson

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Frequently asked questions

What order should I read the Sean Dillon books in?

Read them in publication order — the list above is sorted by first publication where known, starting with “Eye of the Storm”.

How many books are in the Sean Dillon series?

We list 15 books by Henry Patterson , published between 1982–2016.

Where can I buy the Sean Dillon books?

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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted a wrong order, a missing book, or any other mistake? and we'll correct it.