Secret Histories Books in Order
Part ofSimon R Green Books in OrderThis page lists the Secret Histories books in order by Simon R Green, with summaries, series background, and easy advice on where to start.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Publication Order
12 books
The Man With the Golden Torc
by Simon R Green
2007
Eddie Drood is a secret agent for the family that protects humanity from the dark. When his own people brand him rogue, he and Molly Metcalf have to uncover who set him up and why.
Daemons Are Forever
by Simon R Green
2008
Eddie Drood takes on the Loathly Ones, soul-stealing parasites that threaten the hidden world. He has power, allies, and family authority, but none of that makes the job simple.
The Spy Who Haunted Me
by Simon R Green
2009
Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf take on a mission wrapped in spies, ghosts, and old grudges. Every answer points toward a deeper conspiracy inside the secret war that governs the world.
From Hell with Love
by Simon R Green
2010
A new supernatural crisis throws Eddie back into the field and deeper into the Droods' dangerous hidden world. Family politics, dark powers, and Molly's magic make the mission painfully personal.
For Heaven's Eyes Only
by Simon R Green
2011
Eddie and Molly race to stop the latest threat to humanity, and not all the enemies closing in are strangers. Saving the world may require breaking the old rules that hold the Drood family together.
Live and Let Drood
by Simon R Green
2012
On the run and badly outnumbered, Eddie has to survive enemies outside and inside the Drood family. Old secrets and older powers push the series into even darker territory.
Casino Infernale
by Simon R Green
2013
Eddie enters the legendary casino where gods, monsters, and worse all come to gamble. With souls and whole worlds on the table, he and Molly have to beat the house without becoming part of it.
Property of a Lady Faire
by Simon R Green
2014
A supernatural burglary turns into a deadly encounter with the dangerous world of faerie. Eddie and Molly must navigate glamours, bargains, and family trouble while keeping the human world intact.
From a Drood to a Kill
by Simon R Green
2015
A deal with the devil sends Eddie into a contest where the prize is far more than money. To win, he must outplay enemies who know exactly how a Drood can be broken.
Dr. DOA
by Simon R Green
2016
A fresh enemy armed with impossible science and occult menace puts Eddie on another collision course with chaos. Saving the world gets harder when his own side is nearly as dangerous as the opposition.
Moonbreaker
by Simon R Green
2017
Eddie and Molly chase a threat big enough to crack open the hidden world once and for all. Cosmic stakes, family scars, and relentless action keep the pressure on from the first page.
Night Fall
by Simon R Green
2018
The final Secret Histories novel throws Eddie Drood into a showdown that reaches into the Nightside itself. Old allies, old enemies, and the whole shared universe come due at once.
Series background & context
The Secret Histories books ask a useful question. What if the family secretly protecting humanity from monsters, demons, and every other nightmare was also nosy, overbearing, dangerous, and impossible to live with? The answer is the Droods, an ancient line of occult defenders whose agents use the famous golden torc, a piece of family magic that turns into nearly unstoppable armor when called on.
The main character is Edwin, or Eddie, Drood, who often works under the cover name Shaman Bond. The joke is obvious, and Green knows it is obvious, but the series is more than a spy spoof. Eddie has the swagger and field training, but he is also trapped in a family system built on control, secrecy, and old assumptions about duty. He knows how to fight monsters. He is less sure what to do when the monster is his own inheritance.
That is where Molly Metcalf changes everything.
Molly is a powerful witch, dangerous in her own right and not remotely impressed by Drood traditions. Together she and Eddie give the series its real spark. The romance matters, but so does the way Molly keeps forcing Eddie to question what his family means, what their history left out, and whether protecting the world excuses everything the Droods have done in its name.
Book to book, Green keeps changing the flavor of the missions. Eddie may be up against body-snatching horrors, infernal casinos, faerie trouble, cursed bargains, or full-scale war in the hidden world. The titles nod toward espionage and adventure films, but the emotional core keeps returning to family, betrayal, and the cost of living inside a role that was written for you long before you were born.
These books also matter in Green's wider shared universe, because the Droods move through the same hidden world touched by Nightside, Ghost Finders, and other series. That gives longtime readers extra fun, but newcomers can still come in cleanly through Eddie. If you like fast occult action, secret histories under everyday life, and heroes who save the world while trying to survive their relatives, this is a very solid place to start.
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