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Find the 36 series by Dirk Patton in order, with book summaries, series background, and where to start with its time-travel conspiracy.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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36 books in publication order

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36

by Dirk Patton

2016

Saved from execution, Robert Tracy is recruited into a secret project that can send him back thirty-six hours. He must stop a terrorist attack while uncovering a conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of government.

2

The Void

by Dirk Patton

2016

A year after saving the president, Robert Tracy has a new life and someone he loves. A space-time rift and a surviving enemy threaten to erase it all, leaving him stranded in the past.

36 books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "36"

    36

    by Dirk Patton

    201636, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Void"

    The Void

    by Dirk Patton

    201636, Book 2

Series background & context

The 36 series is a time-travel thriller built around a grim bargain. Robert Tracy is taken away from his own execution and offered a choice by a classified government project: work for them, or disappear for good. It is not much of a choice, but it gives him one last chance to decide what kind of man he wants to be.

The project can send someone back in time.

Robert's assignment is to undo a terrorist attack that has already happened. The window is limited, and every move has consequences. He has to work in the past while carrying knowledge that other people do not have, all while trying to understand the people who gave him this extraordinary tool.

The first book, 36, is as much a conspiracy story as a time-travel story. Robert finds signs that the people at the top may have plans of their own, and the mission becomes tangled with a fight for control of the country. He cannot assume that the project is honest, that history is stable, or that the people beside him are on his side.

In The Void, Robert has survived the first crisis and built a new life, only to find that the trouble is not finished. A rift in space-time, an enemy that has not truly gone away, and a new sabotage threat push him back into danger. The story widens from stopping a single attack to confronting what happens when time itself can be damaged.

These are long, action-driven books, but the tension comes from uncertainty. Robert has access to a second chance that most people never get. The catch is that every attempt to fix the past can create a new problem, and he may have no safe way to return to the life he wants.

Start with 36, then move directly to The Void. Readers familiar with V Plague may notice connections between the worlds, but Robert Tracy's story has its own lead character, stakes, and momentum.

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