Nicholas Cain

He first volunteered for the Vietnam War, in 1972, despite a high draft number of 363, serving as a military policeman until the year 1973. Nicholas was also an MP in Aurora, Colorado at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center before being sent to Thailand to serve with the 281st MPs at Amphoe Sattahip/ Vayama. He also served with the 110th MPs while in South Korea at Daejeon.

The best place to start is the Able Team series, the earliest of Nicholas Cain's multi-book series: it opens with Tower of Terror (1982) and runs to 53 books across 1982–1990, ending with Skinwalker (1990). Nicholas Cain's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Nicholas Cain has 95 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1982 and 2019. 92 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Able Team series with 53 books — and 3 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. Nicholas Cain's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Able Team (1982–1990, 53 books), Saigon Commandos (1983–1986, 12 books) and War Dogs (1984–1986, 4 books), plus 3 more.

This guide splits Nicholas Cain's 95 books into 6 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Able Team (53 books, 1982–1990); Chopper 1 (15 books, 1986–1989); Saigon Commandos (12 books, 1983–1986); Little Saigon (5 books, 1989); War Dogs (4 books, 1984–1986), plus 1 further series.