The Project Books in Order
Part ofAlex Lukeman Books in OrderSee The Project books by Alex Lukeman in order, with quick summaries, series background, reading order notes, and clear advice on where to start.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Publication Order
24 books
The Lance
by Alex Lukeman
2011
A legendary weapon is recovered in Antarctica as terror hits Jerusalem and an old World War II plot reawakens in Washington. Nick and the Project race to stop the people who mean to use the Lance to start another world war.
White Jade
by Alex Lukeman
2011
After Selena Connor's wealthy uncle is tortured and killed over an ancient text on immortality, Project operative Nick Carter is assigned to protect her. Their hunt runs from California to Tibet and into a power struggle that could trigger war.
Black Harvest
by Alex Lukeman
2012
Clay tablets point to an ancient urn and a secret that could devastate the world's food supply. When experts are murdered, the Project follows a trail of greed, betrayal, and bioterror from Europe to America.
The Seventh Pillar
by Alex Lukeman
2012
A fanatic convinced he is meant to bring on the apocalypse sets a terrible weapon in motion. Nick and Selena chase the threat from Africa to San Diego to the Hindu Kush before war spreads.
The Tesla Secret
by Alex Lukeman
2012
Rumors of Tesla's death ray become deadly when hidden plans surface. Nick and Selena are hunted across Europe, Mexico, and Russia while a shadowy conspiracy moves to seize a weapon that could change the balance of power.
The Nostradamus File
by Alex Lukeman
2013
A murdered Paris bookseller leaves behind lost prophecies and a trail to the Ark of the Covenant. As the Project follows the clues into the Holy Land, Nick's PTSD begins to strain his future with Selena.
The Ajax Protocol
by Alex Lukeman
2014
After an assassination attempt sidelines the president, the Project is cut off and hunted by powerful enemies. Harker and her team go underground to stop a plot to turn America into a police state and drag the world into war.
The Eye of Shiva
by Alex Lukeman
2014
Gold coins found in a jihadist stronghold point to a conspiracy aiming to ignite war between India and Pakistan. Nick and Selena race through revenge, terrorism, and nuclear brinkmanship before millions pay the price.
Black Rose
by Alex Lukeman
2015
A plague resurrected from ancient bones is stolen from a secret lab in North Korea. With no cure and no margin for error, the Project must stop the disease before it is released on the world.
The Russian Deception
by Alex Lukeman
2015
Hardliners seize power in Moscow and a secret buildup pushes Russia and America toward catastrophe. Sent into the Balkans to read the real game, the Project uncovers a deception big enough to end civilization.
The Solomon Scroll
by Alex Lukeman
2015
An ancient scroll launches a search for Solomon's tomb and the lost treasure of the Second Temple. The Project follows the clues across the Middle East and Africa while a fanatic killer hunts the same prize for darker reasons.
The Atlantis Stone
by Alex Lukeman
2016
A century-old photograph and a faded map may point to Atlantis and a lost artifact of immense power. The Project's search runs from the Atlantic to Egypt while rival Russian interests and ruthless climbers close in.
The Cup
by Alex Lukeman
2016
After a Swedish spy is brutally killed, the Project hunts an ISIS-linked network and a fourth-century artifact tied to the Holy Grail. An old prophecy says disaster follows if the relic falls into the wrong hands.
High Alert
by Alex Lukeman
2017
A U.S. missile sub is sunk, the Chinese ambassador is murdered, and North Korea prepares a terrible attack. The Project is sent after the unseen hand behind it all before revenge and miscalculation turn into nuclear war.
Solomon's Gold
by Alex Lukeman
2017
Selena decodes a scroll in a New York museum and uncovers clues to Solomon's hidden treasure. What should be an archaeological hunt becomes another deadly Project mission, with betrayal stalking the expedition and a separate plot unfolding in the city.
Phoenix
by Alex Lukeman
2018
Asked to investigate a suspicious naval collision, Harker finds the assignment is a trap. A secret group is using a hostile AI and global cyberattacks to drive China, Russia, and America toward a war no one can survive.
The Last Option
by Alex Lukeman
2018
A cabal betting on survival after nuclear holocaust moves to light the fuse itself. The aging Project team fights to stop the plot while political enemies, assassins, and threats to Nick and Selena's family close in.
The Black Templar
by Alex Lukeman
2019
With the Project shut down and Selena out of the field, a coded Templar document pulls the team back in. What starts as a treasure hunt in Portugal becomes a fight to keep a far darker secret from a murderous order.
The Sword
by Alex Lukeman
2019
Now operating privately, Harker's team is hired to find a famed Japanese sword lost after World War II. The search leads Nick and Selena into old grudges, fresh murders, and a secret worth killing for.
End Game
by Alex Lukeman
2020
Terrorists steal four strategic nuclear bombs and leave the Project a thin trail on the Gulf Coast. Behind them stands a dying conspirator who wants Armageddon and a brutal new world order.
The Lair of Anubis
by Alex Lukeman
2020
A papyrus about Cleopatra points to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. The Project heads to Egypt, where a secret cult guards the site and Nick and Selena must survive one more mission before deciding what comes next.
City of Gold
by Alex Lukeman
2021
Harker's now-private team escorts an expedition into the Amazon in search of Paititi, the lost city of gold. Rebels, predators, a traitor, and the jungle itself make getting out even harder than getting in.
The Enemy
by Alex Lukeman
2022
A neuroscientist's programmable protein could heal disease or become a tool of total control. When a cabal plots to infect the world, the Project faces a brutal fight to stop mass coercion and worldwide tyranny.
Joshua's Trumpet
by Alex Lukeman
2025
A dig in Egypt uncovers the trail of an ancient weapon said to make world domination possible. Nick, Selena, and the Project face a murderous aristocrat who believes dark voices are guiding him.
Series background & context
The Project series is built around a covert American unit that answers only to the president. On the surface, these are military and espionage thrillers. In practice, they also borrow a lot from treasure hunts, historical mysteries, and conspiracy fiction. One mission may start with a murdered scholar, another with a lost relic, a coded scroll, or a secret weapon, but the result is usually the same: Nick Carter and his team are sent into the field because the stakes are too high to trust to anyone else.
At the center are Nick Carter and Selena Connor. Nick is a former Marine and the team's field leader, hard to shake and carrying the scars of earlier combat. Selena begins as a gifted linguist and scholar who gets pulled into danger because of what she knows. Over time she becomes far more than the academic outsider. Their partnership, then their love story, and later their family life give the series its emotional spine.
The supporting cast matters, too.
Director Elizabeth Harker runs the operation with iron calm, sharp instincts, and very little patience for fools. Ronnie Peete and Lamont Cameron round out the field team, bringing different kinds of military experience and problem-solving to the job. Analysts, political handlers, and occasional allies fill in the rest. The books work because this never feels like one hero running solo. It feels like a small, skilled group leaning on each other, arguing, improvising, and sometimes surviving by inches.
The series likes a big canvas. Ancient texts about immortality, the Holy Grail, Atlantis, Solomon's treasure, Templar secrets, and Alexander the Great's tomb all show up along the way. But those mystery elements are always tied to present-day danger. The real threats are bioweapons, terror attacks, nuclear brinkmanship, political coups, hidden cabals, and ruthless people who think history belongs to whoever grabs it first. The settings range from Tibet, Jerusalem, and Egypt to North Korea, the Amazon, and the Sea of Japan, so the books almost always feel in motion.
What keeps the series from turning into pure puzzle-solving is the wear and tear. Nick's PTSD, Selena's adjustment to field work, and the question of how long anyone can keep living like this come up again and again. As the books go on, the Project itself changes. After years as a presidential black ops unit, it loses official protection and later operates privately under Elizabeth Harker. That shift gives the later novels a slightly different shape, but the core team dynamic stays intact.
The tone is direct and fast. Lukeman likes momentum more than ornament, so the books tend to move hard and finish with the team under serious pressure. If you want the full arc, White Jade is the right place to begin. It introduces the team, the mix of ancient mystery and modern danger, and the emotional threads that keep paying off across the long run.
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