Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice Station Wolfenstein | 2014 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 2 | Deep Sea One | 2014 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 3 | Black Sun Rising | 2014 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 4 | The Quest for Valhalla | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 5 | Nazi Gold | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 6 | The Black Sun Conspiracy | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 7 | The Atlantis Scrolls | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 8 | The Library of Forbidden Books | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 9 | Tomb of Odin | 2015 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 10 | The Tesla Experiment | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 11 | The Seventh Secret | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 12 | The Medusa Stone | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 13 | Mystery of the Amber Room | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 14 | The Babylonian Mask | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 15 | The Fountain of Youth | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 16 | The Vault of Hercules | 2016 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 17 | Hunt for the Lost Treasure | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 18 | King Solomon’s Diamonds | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 19 | The Lost Crown of the Knights Templar | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 20 | The Inca Prophecy | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 21 | Keepers of the Lost City / Guardians of the Lost City | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 22 | The Einstein Equation | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 23 | The Hunt for Excalibur | 2017 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 24 | Quest for the Holy Grail | 2018 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 25 | Project Phoenix | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 26 | The Book of Shadows | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 27 | Pirate Gold | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 28 | Secrets of the Deep | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 29 | The Templar Curse | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 30 | The Mayan Temple | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 31 | The Tomb of Genghis Khan | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 32 | Operation Rubicon / The Sword of Julius Caesar | 2019 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 33 | Poseidon’s Secret | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 34 | The Nostradamus Scrolls | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 35 | The Da Vinci Machine | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 36 | Seven Cities of Gold | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 37 | The Crypt of Cleopatra | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 38 | The Skull of Blackbeard | 2020 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 39 | The Ripper Legacy | 2021 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 40 | The Lost Treasure of Thor | 2021 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 41 | The Hunt for Hitler’s Secret Nazi Weapon | 2021 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 42 | Dinosaur Bones | 2021 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 43 | Mystery of the Ancient Sword | 2022 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 44 | The Key to Troy | 2022 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 45 | Mafia Gold / The Stolen Riches of Al Capone | 2022 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 46 | The Casket of Napoleon | 2022 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 47 | The Roswell Treasure | 2022 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 48 | The Guardians of Lost Time | 2023 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 49 | Three Sacred Treasures | 2023 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 50 | The Tomb of Attila | 2023 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 51 | The Lost Crown of Robert the Bruce | 2023 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 52 | Guardians of the Lost Crusade | 2023 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 53 | The Ice Enigma | 2024 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 54 | The Fate Weaver | 2024 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 55 | The Door to Anubis | 2024 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
| 56 | The Armor of Achilles | 2025 | Preston W. Child | Buy |
Black Sun is Preston W. Child’s flagship series and one of the largest in the adventure thriller genre, with fifty-six books published from 2014 to 2025. Ice Station Wolfenstein (2014) launched the series, and subsequent entries take the heroes to locations ranging from ancient ruins to modern-day conflict zones.
The books feature a mix of historical mystery and action-adventure, with each novel centered on a different artifact, lost civilization, or secret society. Titles like The Amulet of Flames, The Phantom Code, and The Armor of Achilles give a sense of the series’ scope. Each book works as a standalone adventure while maintaining recurring characters and an overarching mythology.