Patrick Robinson Books in Order
Find Patrick Robinson books in order, with summaries, series overviews, and guidance on where to start with his Arnold Morgan and Mack Bedford naval thrillers.
Last updated: December 25, 2025
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Publication Order
24 books
Maidens in the Vale
by Patrick Robinson
2023
A young Russian woman, brutally exploited yet elegantly educated in England, joins forces with her uncle, a former KGB assassin posing as a diplomat in London, to wage a vengeful international killing campaign that tangles a Scotland Yard detective’s heart and duty.
The Lion of Sabray
by Patrick Robinson
2015
This book tells the story of Mohammed Gulab, the villager who sheltered wounded SEAL Marcus Luttrell after Operation Red Wings, exploring Pashtun honor codes, the peril he and his family faced, and how that act of courage changed their lives.
Honor and Betrayal
by Patrick Robinson
2013
This investigative narrative follows three Navy SEALs who captured the notorious 'Butcher of Fallujah', then found themselves facing courts martial for alleged prisoner abuse, tracing the raid, the accusations, and the courtroom battles that tested military justice and loyalty.
Topgun on Wall Street
by Patrick Robinson
2012
Written with fighter pilot turned banker Jeffery Lay, this hybrid of memoir and business book follows his path from Navy cockpit to investment firm, arguing that military style planning, discipline, and accountability could steady corporate leadership and risk taking.
Power Play
by Patrick Robinson
2012
In a tense near future, Russia plans to cripple the United States with a strike on the National Security Agency and a cyber attack on the nuclear football, and Mack Bedford is tasked with intercepting the covert missile shipment before it launches.
The Delta Solution
by Patrick Robinson
2011
Operating from the Indian Ocean, the so called Somali Marines hijack giant freighters and even U.S. ships, collecting huge ransoms until Mack Bedford forms Delta Platoon, a handpicked SEAL unit sent to smash their bases and rescue hostages at sea.
Intercept
by Patrick Robinson
2010
Four dangerous terrorists are released from Guantanamo on a legal technicality and slip into Pakistan, and when intercepted chatter hints at a mass casualty attack, Mack Bedford is quietly rehired to hunt them down without leaving fingerprints on any government.
Diamondhead
by Patrick Robinson
2009
When Mack Bedford’s SEAL platoon are killed by a new Diamondhead missile in Iraq, he avenges them and is forced out of the Navy, then accepts a covert mission to assassinate the French power broker who supplied the weapon and threatens his hometown.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
by Patrick Robinson
2009
Co authored with former Lehman trader Lawrence McDonald, this inside story of the firm’s collapse traces its aggressive culture, risky bets on mortgages, ignored internal warnings, and the decisions in 2008 that helped tip the global financial system into crisis.
To The Death
by Patrick Robinson
2008
After a bomb plot at Boston’s Logan Airport is foiled, Hamas leader Ravi Rashood vows revenge, setting up an elaborate attempt to assassinate Admiral Morgan abroad while an elite SEAL team races across Ireland and Britain to keep him alive.
Lone Survivor
by Patrick Robinson
2007
Written with Patrick Robinson, this memoir by Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell recounts the brutal 2005 mission in Afghanistan known as Operation Red Wings, his survival as the lone team member left alive, and the villagers who risked everything to shelter him.
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Ghost Force
by Patrick Robinson
2006
Russia quietly backs Argentina’s bid to retake the oil rich Falkland Islands, slipping a lethal Akula submarine into the South Atlantic, and Admiral Morgan turns to Navy SEAL legend Rick Hunter for covert missions that could decide the new war.
Hunter Killer
by Patrick Robinson
2005
A radical Saudi prince plots to topple his own royal family and seize control of the kingdom’s oil, allying with French interests and veteran terrorist Ravi Rashood, while Arnold Morgan marshals submarines and special forces to prevent an energy catastrophe.
Scimitar SL-2
by Patrick Robinson
2004
In this sequel, terrorist mastermind Ravi Rashood seizes nuclear tipped Scimitar SL-2 missiles and threatens to trigger tsunamis along the Atlantic coasts, dragging a retired Arnold Morgan back into service to untangle the plot before millions are at risk.
Barracuda 945
by Patrick Robinson
2003
Hamas commander Ray Kerman acquires a Russian nuclear submarine, Barracuda 945, and uses it to cripple vital oil routes off the American coast, forcing Arnold Morgan and the U.S. Navy into a high stakes undersea chase through the Pacific.
Slider
by Patrick Robinson
2002
College pitcher Jack Faber has an unhittable slider and a dream of the big leagues until a vindictive coach destroys his confidence, sending him back to a Cape Cod summer team to see if he can rebuild his talent and love of baseball.
The Shark Mutiny
by Patrick Robinson
2001
In the near future, China and Iran mine the Strait of Hormuz and strike at Gulf shipping, drawing a fragile coalition fleet into a deadly trap while Arnold Morgan scrambles to read their real objective and head off a wider war.
U.S.S. Seawolf / Seawolf
by Patrick Robinson
2000
A cutting edge U.S. attack submarine spying on China’s new missile boat is captured after a disastrous collision, and its crew are imprisoned, leaving Arnold Morgan to plan an audacious SEAL rescue and the destruction of the compromised vessel.
H.M.S. Unseen
by Patrick Robinson
1999
Missing from a Royal Navy exercise, the submarine HMS Unseen falls into terrorist hands, and master tactician Ben Adnam begins a devastating campaign against civilian airliners, forcing Arnold Morgan into a worldwide manhunt to stop an invisible enemy.
Kilo Class
by Patrick Robinson
1998
A secret deal sends advanced Kilo-class diesel submarines from Russia to China, and Morgan orchestrates risky covert operations, from icy northern seas to the Taiwan Strait, to sabotage the deliveries before they can shift the balance of power.
Nimitz Class
by Patrick Robinson
1997
An American Nimitz-class carrier is wiped out by a nuclear explosion in the Arabian Sea, and Admiral Arnold Morgan teams up with physicist Bill Baldridge to hunt a rogue submarine commander before he can strike another fleet.
One Hundred Days
by Patrick Robinson
1992
Admiral Sandy Woodward’s memoir, shaped with Patrick Robinson, offers a day by day account of commanding Britain’s Falklands battle group, from sailing south and sinking the Belgrano to landings, air attacks, and the political pressure behind every decision.
True Blue
by Patrick Robinson
1989
Written with Oxford coach Dan Topolski, this sports narrative revisits the turbulent 1987 Boat Race, when clashes with outspoken American oarsmen triggered a mutiny, forcing a reshuffled Oxford crew to rebuild itself and confront Cambridge on the Thames.
Born to Win
by Patrick Robinson
1985
Co written with skipper John Bertrand, this behind the scenes account of Australia II’s 1983 America’s Cup victory charts years of preparation, design battles, and psychological warfare as an unfancied crew fights to break more than a century of U.S. dominance.
Where should I start?
If you want the core Arnold Morgan thrillers: Nimitz Class → Kilo Class → H.M.S. Unseen → U.S.S. Seawolf → The Shark Mutiny
If you like high-tech sub and terror plots: Barracuda 945 → Scimitar SL-2 → Hunter Killer → Ghost Force → To The Death
If you prefer modern Navy SEAL action: Diamondhead → Intercept → The Delta Solution → Power Play
If you want real world special operations stories: Lone Survivor → Honor and Betrayal → The Lion of Sabray
If you are here for nonfiction sport and finance: Born to Win → True Blue → One Hundred Days → A Colossal Failure of Common Sense → Topgun on Wall Street
Author bio
Patrick Robinson was born in England in 1940 and started out not in book tours or writing cabins but in noisy newspaper offices. He worked for years as a reporter and columnist, covering sport and high society rather than warships.
In London he became a sports columnist and later a writer on a well known society column, watching racecourses, boxing rings and club tables as closely as any future plotting session. That mix of competition, money and personality would feed straight into his books.
Before he ever sent a submarine to sea on the page, Robinson wrote about real competitors. He produced several books on thoroughbred racing and then teamed up with Australian skipper John Bertrand on Born to Win, a behind the scenes account of the 1983 America’s Cup upset.
He kept returning to big, pressure filled events. With rowing coach Dan Topolski he wrote True Blue, the story of the 1987 Oxford Boat Race mutiny, which went on to win the first William Hill Sports Book of the Year. A few years later he helped Admiral Sandy Woodward turn his Falklands War experience into One Hundred Days, a candid memoir of commanding the British task force.
Those projects taught him how to translate complicated operations and technical detail into clear, fast moving narrative. In the mid 1990s he turned that skill toward fiction with Nimitz Class, the first of his naval techno thrillers featuring blunt, sharp eyed National Security Adviser Arnold Morgan. The series grew to include titles such as Kilo Class, H.M.S. Unseen, U.S.S. Seawolf, Barracuda 945 and To The Death, each built around a global crisis at sea.
Robinson later introduced Navy SEAL commander Mack Bedford in books like Diamondhead, Intercept, The Delta Solution and Power Play. These novels move from missile attacks in Iraq to Somali piracy and cyber warfare, keeping the focus on small teams operating far from home while politicians argue in the background.
Alongside the fiction runs a steady line of nonfiction. Robinson worked with Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell on Lone Survivor, the account of Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, and went back to that world in Honor and Betrayal and The Lion of Sabray, which follow the men who fought with Luttrell and the Afghan villager who saved him. With former Lehman Brothers trader Lawrence McDonald he co wrote A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, an insider’s look at the bank’s collapse, and with fighter pilot Jeffery Lay he produced Topgun on Wall Street, linking cockpit discipline to corporate life.
More recently he has continued to move between subjects, from Wall Street and special operations to standalone thrillers like Maidens in the Vale, which draws on his knowledge of boxing, horseracing and London aristocracy. Across all of it he stays close to the nuts and bolts of how institutions actually work, whether that is a destroyer’s combat room or a trading floor.
Robinson divides his time between Ireland and Cape Cod, where he keeps a low profile and writes close to the sea. Away from the desk he has long followed racing, rowing and boxing, and he often works with family on new projects. For readers, his name has become a signal that a story will be steeped in hardware and history but carried by plainspoken, highly readable prose.
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