Bodie Thoene

Vienna Prelude Vienna Prelude is the first book in the Zion Covenant series narrated at a time before the Second World War. Most of us know how evil and wicked Hitler was and this book explains his evil doings. The author begins by giving us the backstory and the background of the book.

The best place to start is the Zion Chronicles series, the earliest of Bodie Thoene's multi-book series: it opens with The Gates of Zion (1986) and runs to 5 books across 1986–1991, ending with The Key to Zion (1991). Bodie Thoene's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Bodie Thoene has 128 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2026. 118 of them belong to 14 named series — the largest being the A.D. Chronicles series with 12 books — and 10 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Bodie Thoene's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Zion Chronicles (1986–1991, 5 books), Zion Covenant (1989–2005, 9 books) and Saga of the Sierras (1990–1999, 8 books), plus 10 more.

This guide splits Bodie Thoene's 128 books into 14 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: A.D. Chronicles (12 books, 2003–2011); Zion Covenant (9 books, 1989–2005); Saga of the Sierras (8 books, 1990–1999); Zion Legacy (6 books, 2000–2002); Elijah Chronicles (5 books, 2018–2022), plus 9 further series.