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Caje Cole / World War II Books in Order

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Follow David Healey's Caje Cole / World War II books in order, with short summaries, series background, and tips on the best place to start.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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Caje Cole / World War II books in publication order

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12 books

1

Ghost Sniper

by David Healey

2014

On D-Day, American sniper Caje Cole lands in Normandy and finds himself locked in a private war with a feared German marksman. Across the hedgerows of France, each shot could decide who survives.

2

Ardennes Sniper

by David Healey

2015

In the frozen Ardennes, Caje Cole faces the Ghost Sniper again during Germany's last great gamble of the war. Their rematch at the Battle of the Bulge turns a vast campaign into something fiercely personal.

3

Red Sniper

by David Healey

2017

At the end of World War II, Caje Cole joins a secret mission to rescue American POWs hidden in a Soviet gulag. Between the Russian wilderness, a ruthless enemy sniper, and government secrets, getting home will not be easy.

4

Iron Sniper

by David Healey

2018

A German sniper bent on restoring his family's honor targets Allied troops during the fighting around the Falaise Pocket. Standing in his way is Caje Cole, a mountain-born American marksman just as stubborn and deadly.

5

Gods & Snipers

by David Healey

2019

In autumn 1944, battered American and German units collide over a bridge in a small French village. What starts as a scramble for position turns into a tense showdown of officers, soldiers, and snipers.

6

Fallen Sniper

by David Healey

2020

After an American pilot is shot down behind enemy lines, Caje Cole leads a rescue that spirals into a larger fight. Soon he and a ragtag force are making a last stand at a mountain pass.

7

Frozen Sniper

by David Healey

2020

Caje Cole thinks the war is over until violence at home sends him into the Korean War. Surrounded at Chosin Reservoir, he must battle brutal cold, impossible odds, and a relentless enemy sharpshooter.

8

Sniper Ridge

by David Healey

2020

At Triangle Hill in Korea, Caje Cole's unit fights to take and hold a battered ridge under constant Chinese attack. A hidden sniper on the heights turns the whole battle into a deadly duel.

9

Sniper's Justice

by David Healey

2021

As Operation Nordwind erupts after the Battle of the Bulge, Caje Cole helps defend a mountain village against tanks, crack troops, and a sniper called the Butcher. Years later, the unfinished business still is not done.

10

Savage Sniper

by David Healey

2023

Deacon Cole and Patrol Easy fight across Leyte on their way to a jungle prison camp where Allied POWs are being held. Waiting for them is a brutal Japanese commandant and another deadly shooting match.

11

Righteous Sniper

by David Healey

2024

Trapped in Bastogne, Caje Cole is ordered to escort a captured German officer through the chaos of the Bulge. Snow, vigilantes, and a deadly sniper turn the mission into a grim test of duty and loyalty.

12

Samurai & Snipers

by David Healey

2025

During the Battle of Manila, Deacon Cole and Patrol Easy fight street by street against an enemy that refuses to yield. A hostage rescue mission adds even more pressure to an already savage battle.

Caje Cole / World War II books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Ghost Sniper"

    Ghost Sniper

    by David Healey

    2014Caje Cole / World War II, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Iron Sniper"

    Iron Sniper

    by David Healey

    2018Caje Cole / World War II, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Gods & Snipers"

    Gods & Snipers

    by David Healey

    2019Caje Cole / World War II, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Ardennes Sniper"

    Ardennes Sniper

    by David Healey

    2015Caje Cole / World War II, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Red Sniper"

    Red Sniper

    by David Healey

    2017Caje Cole / World War II, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Frozen Sniper"

    Frozen Sniper

    by David Healey

    2020Caje Cole / World War II, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Sniper Ridge"

    Sniper Ridge

    by David Healey

    2020Caje Cole / World War II, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Fallen Sniper"

    Fallen Sniper

    by David Healey

    2020Caje Cole / World War II, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Sniper's Justice"

    Sniper's Justice

    by David Healey

    2021Caje Cole / World War II, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Savage Sniper"

    Savage Sniper

    by David Healey

    2023Caje Cole / World War II, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Righteous Sniper"

    Righteous Sniper

    by David Healey

    2024Caje Cole / World War II, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Samurai & Snipers"

    Samurai & Snipers

    by David Healey

    2025Caje Cole / World War II, Book 12

Series background & context

Micajah Caje Cole is the kind of Healey hero who makes sense the moment you meet him. He is a backwoods hunter from the Appalachian Mountains, quiet, stubborn, and almost frighteningly patient with a rifle. In Ghost Sniper, that skill carries him into Normandy on D-Day. From there, the series tracks him across some of the hardest ground of World War II, and later into Korea.

What makes these books work is the scale. The history behind them is huge, but the storytelling stays close to mud, snow, exhaustion, and the next good firing position. Caje fights through the hedgerows of France, the Falaise Pocket, the Moselle region, the Ardennes, and a shadowy postwar mission involving American prisoners in Soviet hands. The Korean books push him into freezing mountain battles such as Chosin Reservoir and Triangle Hill. Healey likes big campaigns, but he filters them through one rifleman and the small groups who have to stay alive around him.

Enemy snipers are a recurring problem, and sometimes a personal obsession. The German Ghost Sniper hangs over several books, and other enemies keep testing Cole in different ways, from the Russian wilderness to Chinese-held ridges. Those duels give the series its thriller pulse. Still, Caje is not just a machine for winning shootouts. He is a hard man in a hard trade, loyal to his squad, uncomfortable with nonsense, and always more interested in finishing the mission than in being noticed.

He is stubborn in a way that war understands.

The books also have a strong sense of time passing. Caje changes as the wars change around him. He carries earlier battles into later ones, and the later novels are better if you have seen where he started. That makes the series rewarding in order, even though individual books have their own central mission and can stand on their own as military thrillers.

If you want action, you will get it. But the real hook is the mix of battlefield history and character. These novels care about place, weather, and tactics, yet they never lose sight of the men in the middle of it. Start with Ghost Sniper for the cleanest entry point, then follow Caje forward as the battlefields shift and the stakes keep finding new ways to get personal.

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