Damian Lucas Books in Order

Damian Lucas is a thief with a code. In these adventure thrillers he makes his living running high-end cons against rich, corrupt targets, and then uses the money in a way that feels almost pointed, funnelling it back into libraries, museums, and history itself.

That moral quirk is the engine of the series. Damian isn’t pretending to be a saint, but he does care about who wins and who gets crushed. It means the jobs he takes are never just about profit. They’re about righting a wrong, dodging the people who want revenge, and staying one step ahead of the kind of organised criminals who don’t forgive.

Because of that, he spends a lot of his time in motion. He’s keeping ahead of the Russian mob, angry industrialists, and anyone else who thinks “Robin Hood” is just another word for target. When the trouble comes, it usually arrives from several directions at once.

He’s good at getting into places, and even better at getting out.

The books lean hard into treasure-hunt momentum, puzzles, coded messages, and historical rabbit holes that turn modern England into a map. In The Lionheart Curse, Damian is jolted into action when Richard Evans, a mentor and family friend, is found dead in Deptford near the last known resting place of Christopher Marlowe. What follows is a chase across England that ties together secret societies, Elizabethan intrigue, William Shakespeare, Richard III, and the long shadow of the Crusades.

At the heart of it is a classic hook: a mythical fortune, linked to Richard the Lionheart and hidden for centuries, that could change everything for the person who finds it. Of course, Damian isn’t the only one looking. The hunt draws attention from dangerous people in the present day as well, and each new clue raises the price of being the one who’s closest to the truth.

If you like your thrillers with cliffhangers, hidden history, and a protagonist who can talk his way past a guard as easily as he can pick a lock, this is that lane. The tone sits closer to high-stakes adventure than grim realism, with modern crime pressure layered over old secrets. Damian rarely gets to choose the terms. Start with The Lionheart Curse, and expect a mix of real places, legendary names, and a constant sense that the next door he opens might be the one that gets him killed outright.