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Alexander Hawke Books in Order

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See the Alexander Hawke books by Ted Bell in order, with short summaries, series background, and help choosing the best place to start.

Last updated: July 7, 2026

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Alexander Hawke books in publication order

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16 books

1

Hawke

by Ted Bell

2003

After witnessing his parents' murder as a child, Lord Alex Hawke returns to the Caribbean on a covert hunt for a missing stealth submarine armed with nuclear warheads. The mission forces him to confront old pirates, buried secrets, and his own family history.

2

Assassin

by Ted Bell

2004

A string of brutal attacks on American diplomats points to a shadowy killer known as the Dog. Alex Hawke and former Navy SEAL Stokely Jones race from London to the Keys and beyond to stop a plot aimed at crippling America.

3

Pirate

by Ted Bell

2005

An American spy is being tortured aboard a ship off France, while a Bonaparte heir forges a dangerous alliance with China. Hawke is thrown into a globe-spanning mission to stop a nightmare coalition before it sparks catastrophe.

4

Spy

by Ted Bell

2006

After his research vessel is destroyed in the Amazon, Hawke is captured and dragged into a brutal jungle war. Once he escapes, he learns Hezbollah fighters are preparing a devastating strike against America, and only he knows where to hit back.

5

Tsar

by Ted Bell

2008

Russia is turning aggressive under a mysterious new strongman, and a sadistic killer is sending bloody warnings on American soil. Hawke is pushed into a showdown with a revived imperial threat before the crisis tips into open war.

6

Warlord

by Ted Bell

2010

Still reeling from personal loss, Alex Hawke is summoned back into action when someone targets the British royal family. The threat reaches back to Lord Mountbatten's assassination, and Hawke must face terrorists, old enemies, and unfinished history.

7

Crash Dive

by Ted Bell

2012

On a covert mission in an F-16, Hawke slips into hostile airspace to meet a secret contact and prevent a wider war. When enemy radar locks on, the job turns into a split-second fight to improvise and survive.

8

Phantom

by Ted Bell

2012

Bizarre disasters, a vanished AI expert, and signs of invisible cyber sabotage leave governments scrambling. Hawke and Ambrose Congreve chase a mastermind whose weapon may be able to hijack machines, war plans, and the balance of global power.

9

What Comes Around

by Ted Bell

2013

When a former CIA director dies off Maine and another intelligence veteran turns up dead in Paris, Hawke senses a pattern. The trail leads to rogue operative Spider Payne, who wants revenge and has marked Hawke as his next target.

10

Warriors

by Ted Bell

2014

With China and North Korea driving the world toward the brink, Hawke is sent to stop a deadly new undersea weapons system. A kidnapped American weapons designer and a vicious murder at Cambridge only deepen the crisis.

11

Patriot

by Ted Bell

2015

Vladimir Putin is ready to redraw Europe by force, backed by a terrifying new weapon and a willingness to spill civilian blood. Hawke becomes Britain's best hope of stopping a crisis that could drag NATO into a far larger war.

12

White Death

by Ted Bell

2015

Two powerful Swiss bankers die under strange circumstances, and MI6 fears the British crown's hidden fortunes are at risk. Hawke heads into the Alps to uncover a conspiracy that leads to a fortress called White Death.

13

Overkill

by Ted Bell

2018

A Christmas ski trip turns into a nightmare when Hawke's young son vanishes during a mountain rescue in Switzerland. As he hunts the kidnappers, he collides with Vladimir Putin's own desperate scheme for power and invasion.

14

Dragon Fire

by Ted Bell

2020

While recovering in the Bahamas, Hawke is asked by the Queen to find her missing grandson. The search leads to the Dragonfire nightclub, a powerful family with old secrets, and a plot reaching back to World War II.

15

Sea Hawke

by Ted Bell

2021

Hawke plans a round-the-world sailing trip to spend time with his son, but MI6 has other ideas. Soon he is chasing a broad anti-Western conspiracy from Cuba to the Amazon, fighting on sea and land to stop an attack on democracies.

16

Monarch

by Ted Bell

2025

Days before a divisive vote that could shake the United Kingdom, King Charles disappears from Balmoral. Hawke is called in to find the missing monarch fast, before secrecy collapses and Britain tips into chaos.

Alexander Hawke books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Hawke"

    Hawke

    by Ted Bell

    2003Alexander Hawke, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Assassin"

    Assassin

    by Ted Bell

    2004Alexander Hawke, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Pirate"

    Pirate

    by Ted Bell

    2005Alexander Hawke, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Spy"

    Spy

    by Ted Bell

    2006Alexander Hawke, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Tsar"

    Tsar

    by Ted Bell

    2008Alexander Hawke, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Warlord"

    Warlord

    by Ted Bell

    2010Alexander Hawke, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Crash Dive"

    Crash Dive

    by Ted Bell

    2012Alexander Hawke, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Phantom"

    Phantom

    by Ted Bell

    2012Alexander Hawke, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "What Comes Around"

    What Comes Around

    by Ted Bell

    2013Alexander Hawke, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Warriors"

    Warriors

    by Ted Bell

    2014Alexander Hawke, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "White Death"

    White Death

    by Ted Bell

    2015Alexander Hawke, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Patriot"

    Patriot

    by Ted Bell

    2015Alexander Hawke, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Overkill"

    Overkill

    by Ted Bell

    2018Alexander Hawke, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Dragon Fire"

    Dragon Fire

    by Ted Bell

    2020Alexander Hawke, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Sea Hawke"

    Sea Hawke

    by Ted Bell

    2021Alexander Hawke, Book 15
  16. Book cover for "Monarch"

    Monarch

    by Ted Bell

    2025Alexander Hawke, Book 16

Series background & context

Lord Alexander Hawke is not a desk-bound spy. He is a British nobleman, decorated aviator, sailor, and unofficial problem-solver who gets called in when ordinary channels are too slow or too polite. The series starts with Hawke, where his childhood trauma, pirate family history, and a mission involving a missing stealth submarine all crash together. From there, the books settle into a clear promise: global danger, personal grit, and a hero who is happiest when the odds are terrible.

He is basically a modern privateer.

That old seafaring streak matters. Hawke moves through this world by yacht, jet, helicopter, and submarine, and the stories often feel as if a classic adventure novel collided with a contemporary spy thriller. He works in the orbit of MI6, the CIA, the White House, and the British royal family, but he never reads like a career bureaucrat. He is rich, well connected, and stubbornly independent, which is exactly why people call him when a crisis needs someone willing to take risks.

He rarely works alone. Regular allies like Ambrose Congreve of Scotland Yard and former Navy SEAL Stokely Jones give the series much of its rhythm, along with Hawke's loyal household staff and military contacts. Their banter keeps the books moving, but the friendships also matter. Even when the plots get huge, there is usually a sense that Hawke is fighting for his people as much as for king, country, or strategic balance.

The settings do a lot of the heavy lifting. One book may throw Hawke into Russia, another into the Amazon, the Caribbean, the Swiss Alps, or the Bahamas. The locations are not just wallpaper. Bell likes sea lanes, royal estates, hidden islands, mountain fortresses, and border zones where power feels unstable. If you enjoy thrillers that keep changing altitude and scenery, this series is very comfortable in that lane.

The threats are usually big and blunt. Tsar, Warlord, Phantom, Patriot, and later books all lean into geopolitical danger, terrorism, cyberwarfare, royal kidnappings, or revived great-power conflict. But Bell also threads in more personal material, Hawke's losses, his family past, his complicated love life, and later his role as a father. That combination helps the books feel larger than a simple mission-of-the-week setup.

These stories like to go big.

So what should you expect overall? Fast pacing. Glamour. Villains with outsized ambitions. Plenty of action at sea and in the air. There is a throwback flavor to the whole thing, part Bond, part naval adventure, part end-of-the-world thriller, but Bell keeps it readable and direct. If you want restrained tradecraft and gray office politics, this is probably not that. If you want Lord Alexander Hawke chasing impossible threats across the map with style and nerve, this series knows exactly what it is.

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