John Drake

John’s interests and hobbies include muzzle loaded shooting, politics, and history. “Flint and Silver” was inspired by the man unanswered questions left behind by Robert Louis Stevenson’s much loved classic “Treasure Island”. John’s been making stories up ever since he spent a half an hour every day walking from Wilmot Street, Bethnal Green, East London (where he lived) to the Central Foundation Boys’ school. Then another half an hour walking back.

The best place to start is the John Silver series, the earliest of John Drake's multi-book series: it opens with Flint and Silver (2008) and runs to 3 books across 2008–2010, ending with Skull and Bones (2010). John Drake's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

John Drake has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2022. 14 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Fletcher series with 7 books — and 4 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. John Drake's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are John Silver (2008–2010, 3 books), Fletcher (2015–2022, 7 books) and Londinium (2016–2022, 3 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits John Drake's 18 books into 4 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Fletcher (7 books, 2015–2022); John Silver (3 books, 2008–2010); Londinium (3 books, 2016–2022); Fletcher Companion (1 book, 2022).