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Jack King

3 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Detective Cliff Husto Books
Start with: Beyond Blood (2019)
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Publication Order of Time Rider Books
Start with: Wildertrek (2014)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Game for the Middle Kingdom (2014)

ⓘ About Jack King

After he obtained graduate degrees in history and business, he started a successful career in marketing and sales working for mid-sized, start up, and Fortune 500 firms along the way. “Wildertrek” is the first novel in the “Time Rider” series and was released in 2014. TJ is an ordinary fourteen year old with extraordinary issues at school and home. Broken family over his parents’ bitter divorce, evil bullies that attack him just about every afternoon, failing grades despite being a brilliant kid, snobby girls, boring classes, mean teachers, getting cut from basketball tryouts, and very few friends. Life is rough for TJ Cockrell. This mysterious green book inexplicably throws him into the past.

All Book Series by Jack King

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Beyond Blood

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
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Against Blood

Book 2 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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False Blood

Book 3 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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Vile Blood

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2023

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2023
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Wildertrek

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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Red Attack

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016

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2016
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Game for the Middle Kingdom

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Jack King?

After he obtained graduate degrees in history and business, he started a successful career in marketing and sales working for mid-sized, start up, and Fortune 500 firms along the way. “Wildertrek” is the first novel in the “Time Rider” series and was released in 2014. TJ is an ordinary fourteen year old with extraordinary issues at school and home. Broken family over his parents’ bitter divorce, evil bullies that attack him just about every afternoon, failing grades despite being a brilliant kid, snobby girls, boring classes, mean teachers, getting cut from basketball tryouts, and very few friends.

Which Jack King series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Detective Cliff Husto series, the earliest of Jack King's multi-book series: it opens with Beyond Blood (2019) and runs to 4 books across 2019–2023, ending with Vile Blood (2023).

How many books has Jack King written?

Jack King has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2023. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Detective Cliff Husto series with 4 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.

In what order should Jack King's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jack King's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Time Rider (2014–2016, 2 books) and Detective Cliff Husto (2019–2023, 4 books).

How are Jack King's books organised into series?

This guide splits Jack King's 7 books into 2 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Detective Cliff Husto (4 books, 2019–2023); Time Rider (2 books, 2014–2016).