David Leadbeater

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2012
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Disavowed

1 - The Razor's Edge (Jun-2013)
2 - In Harm's Way (Feb-2014)
3 - Threat Level Red (Mar-2014)

Joe Mason

1 - The Vatican Secret (Mar-2022)
2 - The Demon Code (Feb-2023)
3 - The Midnight Conspiracy (Apr-2023)
4 - The Babylon Plot (Mar-2024)
5 - The Traitor’s Gold (Aug-2024)

Matt Drake

1 - The Bones of Odin (Jul-2012)
2 - The Blood King Conspiracy (Jul-2012)
3 - The Gates of Hell (Apr-2013)
4 - The Tomb of the Gods (Apr-2013)
5 - Brothers In Arms (Apr-2013)
6 - The Swords of Babylon (Sep-2013)
7 - Blood Vengeance (Feb-2014)
8 - Last Man Standing (Jul-2014)

Relic Hunters

1 - The Relic Hunters (Jun-2018)
2 - The Atlantis Cipher (Sep-2018)
3 - The Amber Secret (Dec-2019)
4 - The Hostage Diamond (Jan-2020)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • The Blood King Conspiracy

    Matt Drake - 2

    Book 2 in the Matt Drake series. The third - The Gates of Hell - is out now! ~ Recommended for those who love an escapist action adventure. ~ Praise for 'The Bones of Odin' - a UK #1 Bestseller ~ "Bond meets The Da Vinci code but with higher stakes!"...

  • The Bones of Odin

    Matt Drake - 1

    A UK #1 BestSeller in Thriller and Action/Adventure. ~ Recommended for those who love an escapist action adventure. Reviews "Original! Fascinating! Breathtaking. . .Leadbeater really adds to the genre!" JOHN PAUL DAVIS, author of The Templar Agenda, ...

  • Brothers In Arms

    Matt Drake - 5

    Book 5 in the Matt Drake series. These books should be read in the correct order. ~Recommended for those who love an escapist action adventure.~Praise for 'The Bones of Odin' - a UK #1 Bestseller~"Bond meets The Da Vinci Code but with higher stakes!"...

  • The Gates of Hell

    Matt Drake - 3

    Book 3 in the Matt Drake series.~"Bond meets The Da Vinci code but with higher stakes!""If you like Andy Mcdermott or Matthew Reilly, get this book."~Matt Drake, broken by the murder of his loved ones, betrayal, and the threat to hi...

  • The Tomb of the Gods

    Matt Drake - 4

    Book 4 in the #1 International bestselling Matt Drake series.~ 'Either heroes will rise to save the world or villains will end it...'In the epic conclusion of the initial 4 part series Matt Drake races against time to prevent Odin'...

  • The Razor's Edge

    The Disavowed - 1

  • The Swords of Babylon

    Matt Drake - 6

    Book 6 in the Matt Drake series. These books should be read in the correct order. A last stand is coming " a battle of battles.Matt Drake and the SPEAR team return in a brand new action-packed adventure!When Drake is captured and sent to a remote R...

  • In Harm's Way

    The Disavowed - 2

  • Blood Vengeance

    Matt Drake - 7

    Book 7 of the Matt Drake series. In the pivotal novel of the Matt Drake series, everything changes. Matt Drake’s team is torn apart around him. The President of the United States is abducted. America and the world sit before their TV screens, shudd...



  • Threat Level Red

    The Disavowed - 3

  • Last Man Standing

    Matt Drake - 8

    Last Man Standing (Matt Drake 8) picks up where Blood Vengeance left off, with most of the book taking place over a twenty-four hour span. Drake, Mai, Dahl and Alicia find themselves pitted against eight of the deadliest assassins on the planet " f...

  • Guardians

    Fighting for survival in a broken and fearful world. . .the Chosen struggle to save mankind.The exhilarating, fast-paced sequel to the No.1 UK Bestseller, CHOSEN.The world is burning. Through battles with grand demons in Vienna, Paris and Florida, th...

  • Aztec Gold

    Aztec Gold, starring Alicia Myles, the tempestuous heroine of the bestselling Matt Drake novels, kicks off a rip-roaring new archaeological adventure series from David Leadbeater. One of the world’s most famous treasures, hunted for over 500 years....

  • The Lost Kingdom

    The Lost Kingdom is the latest in the breathtaking Matt Drake series, packed with enough action to keep you reading long into the night. These books should be read in the correct order. In 1945 China's greatest treasure, the ancient fossilised remain...

  • Crusader's Gold

    ‘It’s a bad girl’s world, sweetie, and I’m way badder than you.’ Crusader Gold is Alicia Myles’ second outing with the Gold team, and brings her up against two ruthless new enemies. Kenzie is an ex-Mossad relic smuggler without an ounce o...

  • The Ghost Ships of Arizona

    The Ghost Ships of Arizona is the eleventh installment of the fast-moving, action-packed Matt Drake series. These books should be read in the correct order. A fabulous journey to find the fabled ghost ship of the desert. A breakneck chase to prevent ...

  • The Last Bazaar

    These books should be read in the correct order. In the twelfth installment of the Matt Drake series, the SPEAR team battle impossible odds deep in the Amazon rainforest. Learning that a significant terrorist's arms bazaar is being attended not only ...

  • The Edge of Armageddon

    Part 13 of the Matt Drake series. These books should be read in the correct order. A horrifying plan. A race against time. An intention to unleash the worst hell upon New York City. Without time to catch their breath the SPEAR team are launched into ...

  • Stand Your Ground

    FAMILY THREATENED ON VACATION. HUNTED AND WITH NO CHANCE OF RESCUE. HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE? An idyllic family vacation in Barbados goes terribly wrong when Torsten Dahl is spotted by the one man with reason to hate him most in all the world. With his ...



  • The Treasures of Saint Germain

    An unrelenting chase. An archaeological quest. A devastating betrayal. Matt Drake returns with a vengeance! From Paris to Barcelona, from Zurich to London, and with a thrilling finale in New Orleans, Matt Drake and his team track down the clues, the ...

  • Caribbean Gold

    The third thrilling archaeological adventure with Alicia Myles from No.1 bestselling Amazon author, David Leadbeater. Full of intense action and rich pirate history, Alicia Myles and the Gold Team follow four-hundred-year-old clues in their search fo...

  • Inca Kings

    Matt Drake encounters mystery, thrills and horror in the vast mountains of Peru. When legendary treasures from a long-lost hoard start drip-feeding through the black market, Drake and the rest of the SPEAR team are tasked to track down the mysterious...

  • The Seven Seals of Egypt

    Matt Drake and the SPEAR team return. In Egypt, close to the Giza Pyramids, a newly discovered pharaoh’s tomb is about to be opened to the public, setting in play a deadly, adrenaline-charged archaeological quest to find an ancient doomsday weapon....

  • Weapons of the Gods

    Matt Drake’s eighteenth adventure sees the team catapulted into a rip-roaring archaeological romp that, unbeknown to them, began when they first discovered the Bones of Odin. The Weapons of the Gods were stolen from the countless tombs that Drake a...

  • Chasing Gold

    Returning to the Gold Team, Alicia Myles finds herself in an unusual and unique adventure, chasing a very different kind of gold than ever before. With the Star Spangled Banner stolen by terrorists, and her boss, Michael Crouch, abducted, she is thro...

  • The Relic Hunters

    Relic Hunters - 1

    A lethal secret society. A priceless stolen treasure. A map worth killing for. Relic smuggler and expert thief Guy Bodie is a tough man in a dangerous world, loyal only to his elite team of five. But when one of them betrays him, landing Guy in a ...

  • The Atlantis Cipher

    Relic Hunters - 2

    A lost world. An ancient code. A deadly chase. Five ancient statues have been unearthed in South America, each containing a mysterious coded message hinting at an origin many thought impossible: the mythical world of Atlantis. As word of their dis...

  • The Amber Secret

    Relic Hunters - 3

    A vanished relic. A deadly prize. The half-mad explorer Dante Caruso swears he’s found a fabled Russian relic called the Amber Room, and he’s attracting the wrong kind of attention. A ruthless team of Ukrainian relic hunters called R24 has kid...

  • The Hostage Diamond

    Relic Hunters - 4



  • The Vatican Secret

    Joe Mason - 1

    ‘This 5-star thriller is a non-stop action-packed adventure… Reads like the latest blockbuster film… I was left breathless, my heart pounding as I turned the last page’ NetGalley review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐You’ve cracked the Da Vinci code, now ...

  • The Demon Code

    Joe Mason - 2

    ‘Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller… It reads like a movie reel… Needs to be on every thrill seeker’s reading list’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐An impossible heist. An ancient code. A deadly race against time… High in t...

  • The Midnight Conspiracy

    Joe Mason - 3

    Don’t miss the third adrenaline-filled, action-adventure in the Joe Mason series!When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead " brutally murdered in cold ...

  • The Babylon Plot

    Joe Mason - 4

    ‘Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller… It reads like a movie reel… Needs to be on every thrill seeker’s reading list’ NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Don’t miss the next instalment of the Joe Mason series, from million-copy b...

  • The Traitor’s Gold

    Joe Mason - 5

    The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake seriesEx-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to rescue a friend who has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, ancient coins " remnants of a Chinese casino bu...

  • The Angel Deception

    The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake seriesEx-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group from obtaining a treasure of unimaginable power: the legendary Hellfir...

  • Joe Mason Untitled Book 6

    The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake seriesEx-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group from obtaining a treasure of unimaginable power: the legendary Hel...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Leadbeater has published 36 books.

The next book by David Leadbeater, Joe Mason Untitled Book 6, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by David Leadbeater, The Bones of Odin, was published in July 2012.

Yes. David Leadbeater has 4 series.
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