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ⓘ About Rob J. Hayes
Hayes was born in a small town called Basingstoke. He grew up in the age of Star Wars and Transformers which taught him to enjoy the world of the fantastical. He made his first attempt at writing at the age of fourteen and his book featured vampires, werewolves, and people with superpowers. He was a typical fourteen-year-old boy and he eventually learned that he should reel it in a bit. Rob would go on to University where he studied Zoology. He didn’t ended up following his degree into his career and instead ended up working for a string of high street banks as a desk jockey. One day he got fed up with his life as a banker and ran off to live on a desert island in Fiji for three months.
All Book Series by Rob J. Hayes
It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014
It Takes a Thief to Start a Fire
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2016
Inferno! Volume 1
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · David Annandale
Inferno! Volume 3
Book 3 of 7 · published 2019 Anthology · Rik Hoskin,Joshua Reynolds,Nate Crowley,Guy Haley,John French,David Guymer,Graeme Lyon,Matt Keefe,MattSmith,Rob Leahy,Stephen B. Fischer
Inferno! Volume 5
Book 5 of 7 · published 2020 Co-authored · Gary Kloster,Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan,Ben Counter,Guy Haley,Anna Stephens,Graeme Lyon,Ben Galley,Marc Collins,Michael R. Fletcher,Sean Grigsby,Gavin G. Smith
Inferno! Volume 6
Book 6 of 7 · published 2021 Anthology · Dave Gross,Adrian Tchaikovsky,David Guymer,Matt Smith,Liane Merciel,Gavin G Smith,Eric Fomley,Noah Nguyen,Miles A Drake
The Emperor’s Finest
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2022 Anthology · Marc Collins
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Rob J. Hayes?
Hayes was born in a small town called Basingstoke. He grew up in the age of Star Wars and Transformers which taught him to enjoy the world of the fantastical. He made his first attempt at writing at the age of fourteen and his book featured vampires, werewolves, and people with superpowers.
Which Rob J. Hayes series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Ties That Bind series, the earliest of Rob J. Hayes's multi-book series: it opens with The Bound Folio (2012) and runs to 4 books across 2012–2013, ending with The Price of Faith (2013). Rob J. Hayes's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Rob J. Hayes written?
Rob J. Hayes has 39 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2027. 34 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Inferno! series with 7 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Rob J. Hayes's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rob J. Hayes's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Ties That Bind (2012–2013, 4 books), It Takes a Thief... (2014–2016, 2 books) and Best Laid Plans (2017, 2 books), plus 5 more.
How are Rob J. Hayes's books organised into series?
This guide splits Rob J. Hayes's 39 books into 8 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Inferno! (7 books, 2018–2022); The God Eater (5 books, 2024–2027); Titan Hoppers (5 books, 2022–2026); The War Eternal (5 books, 2020–2022); The Mortal Techniques (4 books, 2019–2021), plus 3 further series.