Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh is one of the well established authors from The United States, who is famous for writing novels based on the spy fiction and thriller genres. He has also made a name for himself as a media critic, screenwriter, and music critic. Author Walsh's popular novels include the spy thiller book series featuring the popular character named Devlin.

The best place to start is the Encounter Broadsides series, the earliest of Michael Walsh's multi-book series: it opens with Life Liberty & the Defense of Dignity (2002) and runs to 67 books across 2002–2023, ending with China Is Going to War (2023). Michael Walsh's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Michael Walsh has 85 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1987 and 2025. 70 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Encounter Broadsides series with 67 books — and 15 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. Michael Walsh's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Encounter Broadsides (2002–2023, 67 books) and Devlin (2009–2011, 3 books).

This guide splits Michael Walsh's 85 books into 2 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Encounter Broadsides (67 books, 2002–2023); Devlin (3 books, 2009–2011).