Robert J. Crane

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  • Bibliography:
    71 Books (8 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Girl in the Box

1 - Alone (Apr-2012)
2 - Untouched (Aug-2012)
3 - Soulless (Aug-2012)
4 - Family (Dec-2012)
5 - Omega (Feb-2013)
6 - Broken (May-2013)
7 - Enemies (Aug-2013)
8 - Legacy (Dec-2013)
9 - Destiny (Apr-2014)
10 - Power (Aug-2014)

Liars and Vampires

1 - No One Will Believe You (Apr-2018)
2 - Someone Should Save Her (May-2018)
3 - You Can't Go Home Again (Jun-2018)

The Mira Brand Adventures

1 - The World Beneath (Aug-2017)
2 - The Tide of Ages (Aug-2017)
3 - The City of Lies (Sep-2017)
4 - The King of the Skies (Feb-2018)
5 - The Best of Us (May-2018)

Out of the Box

1 - Limitless (Nov-2014)
2 - In the Wind (Jan-2015)
3 - Ruthless (Mar-2015)
4 - Grounded (Jun-2015)
5 - Tormented (Aug-2015)
6 - Vengeful (Dec-2015)
7 - Sea Change (Feb-2016)
8 - Painkiller (Apr-2016)
9 - Masks (Jul-2016)
10 - Prisoners (Oct-2016)
11 - Unyielding (Nov-2016)
12 - Hollow (Jan-2017)
13 - Toxicity (Mar-2017)
14 - Small Things (May-2017)
15 - Hunters (Jul-2017)
16 - Badder (Sep-2017)
17 - Nemesis (Nov-2017)
18 - Apex (Jan-2018)
19 - Time (Mar-2018)
20 - Driven (May-2018)
21 - Remember (Jun-2018)
22 - Hero (Sep-2018)
23 - Flashback (Dec-2018)
24 - Cold (Mar-2019)
25 - Control (Dec-2019)

Sanctuary

1 - Defender (Jun-2011)
2 - Avenger (Oct-2011)
2.5 - Savages (Mar-2012)
2.6 - A Familiar Face (Apr-2012)
3 - Champion (Jun-2012)
4 - Crusader (Aug-2013)
4.5 - Thy Father's Shadow (Jun-2014)
5 - Master (Dec-2014)
5.5 - Fated in Darkness (Sep-2015)
6 - Warlord (Nov-2015)
7 - Heretic (Feb-2016)
8 - Legend (Sep-2016)
9 - Ghosts of Sanctuary (Feb-2018)

Sanctuary: Ashes of Luukessia

1 - A Haven in Ash (Dec-2017)
2 - A Respite From Storms (Apr-2018)

The Shattered Dome

1 - Voiceless (Mar-2017)

Southern Watch

1 - Called (Jan-2014)
2 - Depths (Feb-2014)
3 - Corrupted (Nov-2014)
4 - Unearthed (Jun-2015)
5 - Legion (May-2016)
6 - Starling (Nov-2017)
7 - Forsaken (Jul-2018)

Book List in Order: 71 titles

  • Defender

    Sanctuary - 1

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Cyrus Davidon leads ...

  • Avenger

    Sanctuary - 2

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. When a series of at...

  • Savages

    Sanctuary - 2.5

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Twenty years before ...

  • Alone

    The Girl in the Box - 1

    The first pulse-pounding, action-packed novel in the Sienna Nealon series, from million-selling author Robert J. Crane. Sienna Nealon was a 17 year-old girl who had been held prisoner in her own house by her mother for twelve years. Then one day her ...

  • A Familiar Face

    Sanctuary - 2.6

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Cyrus Davidon gets m...

  • Champion

    Sanctuary - 3

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. As the war heats up ...

  • Untouched

    The Girl in the Box - 2

    Still haunted by her last encounter with Wolfe and searching for her mother, Sienna Nealon must put aside her personal struggles when a new threat emerges â€" Aleksandr Gavrikov, a metahuman so powerful, he could destroy entire cities â€" and he's fo...

  • Soulless

    The Girl in the Box - 3

    After six months of intense training with the Directorate, Sienna Nealon finds herself on her first assignment - tracking a dangerous meta across the upper midwest. With Scott Byerly and Kat Forrest at her side, she'll face new enemies and receive he...

  • Family

    The Girl in the Box - 4

    Just hours after finding Andromeda and crossing paths with her mother, Sienna Nealon finds herself up against a bigger threat than ever before. Omega, the organization that unleashed Wolfe and others upon her, has declared war on the Directorate and ...



  • Omega

    The Girl in the Box - 5

    Omega - a shadowy organization that is synonymous with power in the metahuman world. They have hunted Sienna Nealon since the day she first left her house, have killed countless Directorate agents and operatives, and now they unveil their greatest pl...

  • Broken

    The Girl in the Box - 6

    Sienna Nealon is a broken human being. Her lover is dead, her closest friends have deserted her, and her employers have betrayed her. From the ashes of her desperation, she must master the metahuman powers at her command and finally tame the souls th...

  • Crusader

    Sanctuary - 4

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Cyrus Davidon finds ...

  • Enemies

    The Girl in the Box - 7

    Far from home, having failed in her quest to kill Old Man Winter, Sienna Nealon finds herself in the city of London, working with Omega, her oldest enemies. Surrounded by people she doesn't trust, thrust into events that could mean the extinction of ...

  • Legacy

    The Girl in the Box - 8

    Time is running out for Sienna Nealon. The mysterious organization Century is only weeks from wiping out the entire metahuman race. But just as Sienna has made the decision to fight them, her past catches up to her and she finds herself in the hands ...

  • Sanctuary Tales, Volume One

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. The guild of Sanctua...

  • Called

    Southern Watch - 1

    WARNING: Due to adult language and situations, this series is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Archibald "Arch" Stan was a local cop in Midian, Tennessee that was good at his job, good at being a husband, and exceptionally good at hiding his disappo...

  • Depths

    Southern Watch - 2

    WARNING: Due to disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. The underworld is rising in Midian, Tennessee, a small town and burgeoning hotspot of demonic activity. When a string of savage and horrific murders committed by demon...

  • Destiny

    The Girl in the Box - 9

    In the aftermath of her confrontation with Sovereign, Sienna Nealon finds herself low on allies. The organization Century continues their genocide of the entire race of metahumans unchecked, working toward an ultimate goal that they have yet to revea...

  • Thy Father's Shadow

    Sanctuary - 4.5

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the depths of th...



  • Power

    The Girl in the Box - 10

    Sienna Nealon seems like a woman beaten. Imprisoned by her enemies, facing the extinction of her entire race, she is up against overwhelming odds. But overwhelming odds have never stopped her before. In the final volume of the epic Girl in the Box Se...

  • Corrupted

    Southern Watch - 3

    WARNING: Due to graphic language and disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Midian, Tennessee is the site of a gradually deepening apocalypse. Demons haunt the town, causing unexplainable deaths that leave local law enforc...

  • Limitless

    Out of the Box - 1

    Two years after the explosive Girl in the Box Series ends, Sienna Nealon is called to London, England, where she is drawn into a murder investigation involving an old friend. Paired up with a young, handsome Detective Inspector, she finds herself in ...

  • Master

    Sanctuary - 5

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. A death in their mi...

  • In the Wind

    Out of the Box - 2

    Reed Treston is a man without purpose. His war is over, his friends have left and now he runs a lonely watch with his sister, policing people with powers beyond those of normal humans. When the government intercepts a message that has links to his pa...

  • Ruthless

    Out of the Box - 3

    When a mission in New York City goes terribly wrong, Sienna Nealon finds herself replaced as head of the government agency in charge of policing people with powers beyond those of a normal human. Marginalized, humiliated, she ponders her place in the...

  • Grounded

    Out of the Box - 4

    Sienna Nealon is a member of an endangered species. One of the last remaining people with powers beyond those of a normal human, she has taken it upon herself to police the survivors and keep them in line with human laws.

    When trouble erupts...

  • Unearthed

    Southern Watch - 4

    WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. The town of Midian, Tennessee is spiraling straight to hell. Demons haunt the streets, people are dying by the hundreds, and the only defenders of the innoce...

  • Tormented

    Out of the Box - 5

    Sienna Nealon is a woman with powers far beyond those of a normal human. As head of the unit in charge of policing others with abilities like hers, she has fought more battles than even she can count. But after a case gone bad, Sienna ends up suspend...

  • Fated in Darkness

    Sanctuary - 5.5

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the underground c...



  • Warlord

    Sanctuary - 6

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. When their allied se...

  • Vengeful

    Out of the Box - 6

    For months, Sienna Nealon has been targeted by enemies that have hounded her at every turn, destroyed her reputation, and finally, struck at those dearest to her. Operating from the shadows, this mysterious group has never dared to show their faces i...

  • Heretic

    Sanctuary - 7

    The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. After an ambush in ...

  • Sea Change

    Out of the Box - 7

    When Kat Forrest is nearly killed in Los Angeles by a man with powers and a mysterious grudge, Sienna Nealon doesn't think twice before coming to save the day. But as the threat grows nearer, old tensions between Sienna and Kat rise to the surface, a...

  • Painkiller

    Out of the Box - 8

    Sienna Nealon has spent the last several years of her life working for the US government, policing people with powers beyond those of a normal human. Now she's come to the end of her government career, forced out by the powers that be...but not befor...

  • Legion

    Southern Watch - 5

    Midian, Tennessee is under siege. Demons prowl the streets and the underworld is rising, bent on consuming every living thing in the town. The only thing that keeps them back is the Watch; a group of citizens that are dedicated to holding the line ag...

  • Masks

    Out of the Box - 9

    What makes a hero? For years, Sienna Nealon has worked with the U.S. government to protect the world against other people with powers beyond those of a normal human. But after several clashes with the current administration, she finds herself with a ...

  • Legend

    Sanctuary - 8

    “Are you ready to go home?” Over the course of eight years, Cyrus Davidon has become the greatest warrior in Arkaria. He has fought and beaten armies, dragons, monsters and gods. He's been elected to lead the greatest guild in the land â€" Sanctu...

  • Prisoners

    Out of the Box - 10

    In a world of people with powers, Sienna Nealon has long been the one who maintained the order. But now she finds herself on the other end of the law, cast out and abandoned by her friends. On the run, hunted by relentless and implacable foes, she wi...

  • Unyielding

    Out of the Box - 11

    In a world of people with powers, Sienna Nealon has long been the one who maintained the order. But now she finds herself on the other end of the law, cast out and abandoned by her friends. On the run, hunted by relentless and implacable foes, she wi...



  • Hollow

    Out of the Box - 12

    Sienna Nealon is the most powerful person in the world. She's beaten every enemy that has ever come at her, faced threats of every conceivable kind and bested all of them. But when a new threat raises its head, one dwelling deep in the belly of the i...

  • Toxicity

    Out of the Box - 13

    Romeo and Juliet, meet Bonnie and Clyde. June Randall and Elliot “Ell” Lefavre are young bandits on the run, using their powers to commit a string of robberies along the Florida coast when they run up against the long arm of the law in the form o...

  • Voiceless

    The Shattered Dome - 1

    After a lifetime embroiled in the turmoil swirling throughout Hesperus, an isolated dome on the brink of collapse, Hannah Wright is thrust into the conflict first-hand when a farmer torches the dome’s latest harvest. Desperate to mend things, she c...

  • Small Things

    Out of the Box - 14

    “Guy Friday is a hemorrhoidal pain in my a-” Sienna Nealon doesn't need any complications. On the run from the law, trying to carve out as much of a life for herself as she can, the last thing she needs is the idiotic Guy Friday pounding on her d...

  • Hunters

    Out of the Box - 15

    Exiled from her home, Sienna Nealon finds herself among the windswept fields of Scotland, stalking a dangerous murderer who has more in common with her than any other foe she's ever faced. But when the killer changes the game, Sienna will be forced t...

  • The Tide of Ages

    The Mira Brand Adventures - 2

    “When I ran away, aged seventeen, I didn’t do it for the usual reasons...I did it because I was looking for adventure.” My name is Mira Brand, and I'm a Seeker â€" a treasure hunter who can cross between worlds seeking long-forgotten treasure h...

  • The World Beneath

    The Mira Brand Adventures - 1

    “When I ran away, aged seventeen, I didn’t do it for the usual reasons...I did it because I was looking for adventure.” My name is Mira Brand, and I'm a Seeker â€" a treasure hunter who can cross between worlds seeking long-forgotten treasure h...

  • Badder

    Out of the Box - 16

  • The City of Lies

    The Mira Brand Adventures - 3

    “When I ran away, aged seventeen, I didn’t do it for the usual reasons...I did it because I was looking for adventure.” My name is Mira Brand, and I'm a Seeker â€" a treasure hunter who can cross between worlds seeking long-forgotten treasure h...

  • Nemesis

    Out of the Box - 17



  • Starling

    Southern Watch - 6

    WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Midian, Tennessee is a city on the brink of ruin. Coming off a cataclysmic event that has changed the course of the town and revealed the threat to all, no r...

  • A Haven in Ash

    Sanctuary: Ashes of Luukessia - 1

    The land of Luukessia is lost. A horde of beasts known only as the scourge has ravaged the land, leaving only the village of Terreas to survive. Hemmed in on all sides by the scourge, the denizens of Terreas eke out a lonely existence, trying to surv...

  • Apex

    Out of the Box - 18

  • Ghosts of Sanctuary

    Sanctuary - 9

    After a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon returns to Reikonos, only to find things are not as he has left them. Hope has fled, and things appear darker than ever. Surrounded by old friends who have come with him and meeting new allies, Cyrus must confron...

  • The King of the Skies

    The Mira Brand Adventures - 4

    ""When I ran away, aged seventeen, I didn't do it for the usual reasons.I did it because I was looking for adventure."My name is Mira Brand, and I'm a Seeker - a treasure hunter who can cross between worlds seeking long-forgotten treasure hoards of a...

  • Time

    Out of the Box - 19

    Sienna Nealon has spent the last two months cooling her heels on the cloudy shores of Oregon, waiting for something to happen. Then one day, when she's waiting in a diner, it does - or doesn't, rather. Because time freezes, everyone around her stuck ...

  • No One Will Believe You

    Liars and Vampires - 1

    Cassie Howell was just a normal girl worried about normal things - school, homework, dealing with her parents - until one day she picked up a stalker. But no, not a normal stalker, because that'd be too easy. A vampire stalker. Now Cassie is stuck; s...

  • A Respite From Storms

    Sanctuary: Ashes of Luukessia - 2

    The land of Luukessia is lost. The last survivors, Jasen Rabin and Alixa Weltan, have fled a cataclysmic event and find themselves in a desperate situation, all alone amidst an endless sea â€" and a ship filled with strangers. But hope is not lost; w...

  • The Best of Us

    The Mira Brand Adventures - 5

    “When I ran away, aged seventeen, I didn’t do it for the usual reasons...I did it because I was looking for adventure.” My name is Mira Brand, and I'm a Seeker â€" a treasure hunter who can cross between worlds seeking long-forgotten treasure h...

  • Driven

    Out of the Box - 20

    “Hey, could you have your sister...call me?” Sienna Nealon has been on the run for almost two years, a fugitive for crimes she didn't commit. When her brother tells her that Angel Gutierrez, an employee of his agency, wants to talk to her, that s...

  • Someone Should Save Her

    Liars and Vampires - 2

    Cassie Howell has had a close encounter with a vampire stalker and barely come out alive. Trauma of the event behind her, she has finally settled into a normal routine â€" school, homework, friends, dealing with her parents. Until a gang of vampires ...

  • Remember

    Out of the Box - 21

    Sienna Nealon has hit a dead end. After years of fighting the good fight against countless villains, she finds herself in a situation with no way out. Facing the consequences of her past, Sienna will be boxed in and trapped with people who want nothi...

  • You Can't Go Home Again

    Liars and Vampires - 3

    Cassie Howell has now survived two brushes with vampires. A typical teenager and recovering compulsive liar, Cassie figures she might have finally settled into high school life in sunny Tampa, Florida and put all her vampire problems behind her. Exce...

  • Forsaken

    Southern Watch - 7

    WARNING: Due to extremely disturbing content, this book is intended for MATURE READERS ONLY. Things in Midian, Tennessee are just going straight to hell. Demons rise, allies fall, and some prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice....

  • Hero

    Out of the Box - 22

    Revelen â€" A mysterious Eastern European country, shrouded in mountain peaks and ruled by a tyrant so forbidding that his legend formed the basis for Dracula.For years, Revelen has interfered in the outside world, causing chaos and sending all manne...

  • Flashback

    Out of the Box - 23

  • Cold

    Out of the Box - 24

  • Control

    Out of the Box - 25

  • Meltdown

  • Her Endless Night

    Cassie Howell, recovering compulsive liar, is no stranger to tragedy. But after the hardest loss of her life at the hands of revenge-seeking vampires, she can't see how things could possibly get any worse.Then, they get worse.A mysterious stranger fr...

  • Rage of the Ancients

    Twelve years. Twelve books. A dozen side stories. And it all comes down to this... Cyrus Davidon and his company of Sanctuary are at an end. Split from each other, facing their greatest adversary, cut off from the powers of magic that reigned in days...

  • Buried in Lies

    Somewhere in all the lies, the truth must be hiding...Ava Garcia was a normal student - until the day Ty Foster walked into Sunvail High school and killed eight students, including Ava's best friend. Except things don't quite add up. Mysterious disap...

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Robert J. Crane has published 71 books.

Robert J. Crane does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Buried in Lies, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Robert J. Crane, Defender, was published in June 2011.

Yes. Robert J. Crane has 8 series.
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